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New – Private Cloud Project Secrets of Success
Many IT organizations are considering deploying private or hybrid IaaS cloud solutions. However, cloud projects are harder than typical IT projects because people, process and tools all change. To help IT decision makers plan and execute successful hybrid cloud deployments, we studied 143 private or hybrid cloud deployments to uncover secrets of success. This paper highlights key findings from the ITPI research report “Private and Hybrid cloud IaaS; project success factors”. The paper summarizes what worked at top performing IT organizations that had the best results with their cloud projects.
Production Server Virtualization – impact on IT service management procedures and controls
The use of server virtualization has moved beyond test and development. 72% of 323 recent ITPI research study participants are aggressively virtualizing production servers. However, of those organizations, 58% had at one point paused adoption to review and implement procedures and controls designed to increase comfort level with virtualization technology in the production environment. This executive summary outlines study findings and highlights key controls that are commonly adopted with server consolidation and higher maturity use cases. Benchmark available.
How IT Governance drives improved performance
Companies with mature IT governance initiatives focus more on agility and supporting business initiatives than their lower maturity peers. Lower maturity organizations focus governance efforts more on cost and risk reduction, compliance, and security. High maturity organizations differentiate themselves with higher performance in four key areas of business value. Based on analysis of governance practices and performance at 389 companies, we developed a model that can help optimize performance for IT organizations at three levels of maturity. Benchmark available.
Optimizing Application Lifecycle Management
Deploying and maintaining software applications has become a key success factor for executing an IT-enabled business strategy. An IT Process Institute study of 340 IT organizations identified specific application lifecycle practices that predict top levels of performance. The combination of an end-to-end lifecycle, a focus on process, the use of rigorous pre-release practices, and leveraging tools and automation can help IT organizations achieve the simultaneous objectives of increased agility, efficiency, and control. This paper highlights the use of key practices and their impact on key operating performance measures, that differentiate top performers from their lower performing peers.
Executive Snapshot – Know Thy Self – Improving an IT organization’s ability to drive business success
This 18 page executive summary paper provides an overview of the findings of the 2008 Strategic Alignment Performance study. The study of 269 IT organizations suggests that aligning an IT organization’s value archetype to strategic key success factors is a powerful way to optimize strategic alignment. The IT value archetype model can be used to help IT organization optimize alignment at three levels: 1) archetype fit to strategy, 2) attributes within and archetype, and 3) practices that predict the highest alignment performance for each archetype group. Benchmark available.
Top ten proven management principles inspired by Deming and the Toyota Way.
This 15 page paper consolidates key findings and data from multiple studies of over 1000 of top-performingIT organizations, to create a basic set of IT management principles inspired by Deming and theToyota Way. These IT management principles are designed to help IT organizations focus on what matters most, as a supplement to mission,vision, and operating procedures. The list is designed to be simple enough to display in the break area or hang in each IT employee’soffice. This paper was funded by the generous support of Bladelogic. View recorded presentation here
Executive Snapshot – 7 key performance drivers unlock the power of ITIL change, configuration and release best practices
This 7 page executive summary paper provides an overview of the findings of the 2007 Change, Configuration and Release Performance Study. They study confirmed some widely held beliefs about what works. But, it also revealed that many commonly recommended practices don’t predict higher levels of performance. This paper is a “must read” for organizations implementing ITIL change, configuration and release best practices. Benchmark available.
Executive Snapshot – Process maturity matters: The key to unlocking the power of IT controls
This 8 page summary paper provides an overview of the findings of the 2007 IT Controls Performance Study that was funded by the Institute of Internal Auditors. This paper includes 10 practical ideas about how IT organizations can apply the findings of this study. Key findings – 12 IT controls predict 60% of the performance variation in the 330 companies studied, and that the maturity of the process controls is key to achieving performance improvement.Benchmark available.
Executive Snapshot – Reframing IT Audit and Control Resource Decisions
This 7 page summary paper provides an overview of the findings of the original 2006 IT Controls Performance Study of 96 organizations. Download this report to find out why IT Executives should frame decisions about IT controls in terms of performance improvement – not cost reduction.
Top Performer Profile – Not All IT Controls Are Created Equal: Understanding the performance improvement potential of Foundational Controls
This 10 page white paper highlights the difference in performance of the high, medium, and low performance organizations in the 2006 IT controls performance study.
