What is Strategic Alignment

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The process of validating that current projects support the strategic mission of the organization. Learn more in: IS Project and Portfolio Management

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It is the process and result of associating the structure and resources of an organization with the determined strategy and business environment. Learn more in: Examining Strategic Fit and Innovation in Terms of Competitive Strategies and Knowledge Management

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Is one of the IT governance focus areas that optimizes the relational mechanisms between the business and IT organization by working on the IT effectiveness of the organization in order to maximize the business value from IT. It aims at establishing relationship between the business and IT in which IT becomes a strategic enabler for business growth. Learn more in: IT Governance in the Public Sector in a Developing Country

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Innovation is certainly an important characteristic for firms to achieve competitive advantage. However, for supplier-client relationship throughout the value chain thrive, both the supplier and the client need to be strategically aligned, i.e., they need to be tuned on what information they share, what types of joint products they develop, what responsibilities they share, how they manage continuous improvement, how they define inter-organizational activities, how they deploy cross-functional teams, joint-problem solving and how joint planning teams are generated and managed. Learn more in: Supply Chain Management: Identifying Innovative Suppliers

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The IT Strategic Alignment Model was proposed by Henderson and Venkatraman (1993) and consists of a framework for studying IT impacts on business and understanding how these impacts influence IT organization and strategy, as well as how it enables analysis of the market availabilities of new information technologies. Learn more in: Strategic Alignment Between Business and Information Technology

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The process of bringing the actions of an organization’s business divisions and staff members into line with the organization’s planned objectives. Learn more in: Dynamics of Human Resource Strategies and Cultural Orientations in Multinational Corporations

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The extent to which the information systems strategy supports, and is supported by, the business strategy in an organisation. Learn more in: Business IT Systems Implementation

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The main focus on the connection and link between the IT strategy and business strategy also the business process with the IT operations. Learn more in: From Information Governance to IT Governance: An Overview of Issues and Frameworks for Large Organizations