title: Business value of IT: the strategic planning process.
abstract: Too often, the vocabulary of IT justification is disconnected from the dominant business issues of the enterprise. The described framework for IT strategic planning can be used not only to align IT investments with business objectives, but also to provide clarity to enterprise business IT strategy.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gunasekaran
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Garets
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D007857:Leadership; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States