<Harvard Business School - Working Knowledge>
Why IT Does Matter
HBS professors F. Warren McFarlan and Richard L. Nolan respond to the much-discussed assertion by Nicholas Carr that company investments in IT are less and less likely to produce competitive advantage. <more>

<CIO Magazine>
Portfolio Management: How to Do It Right
Portfolio management is a tool with clear benefits, among them a holistic view of IT projects across the enterprise and the alignment of IT with corporate strategy. But it isn't easy. Read CIO magazine's article, highlighting portfolio managers willing to share their secrets. <more>

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

<Teradata.com>
Increasing ROI on Technology Investments through Information Technology Portfolio Management
An interview series with Mark Jeffery, clinical assistant professor at the Kellogg School of Management. Mark explores how Information Technology Portfolio Management (ITPM) can help businesses increase ROI from technology investments. <more>

<Customer-Driven IT>
The Next Phase of IT Industry Growth
Well-known author and IT industry expert, Dave Moschella, forecasts the return of growth to the IT market and discusses how the next wave of IT innovation will come from customers, not vendors. <more>

<CFO Magazine>
Quantum Loop
This piece examines the success of customers that have implemented new corporate performance management (CPM) software that aims to connect strategy to performance. <more>

<CRITO Newsletter>
Improving Your Return on IT Investments: Aligning Information Technology with Business Strategy
The latest research on productivity improvements through IT and business alignment from the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) at the University of California, Irvine. <more>

<CIO Magazine>
Lessons in Shareholder Value
This article in CIO magazine highlights the importance of using shareholder value to drive IT decision making. <more>

REPORTS

<ESA/US Dept. of Commerce>
Digital Economy, 2002
The US Commerce Department's fourth annual report on the information technology (IT) revolution, concludes that, despite the decline in sales of IT producers in 2001, the US economy has continued to build its IT capital stock, add jobs in key IT services industries, and thereby create the foundation of a stronger economy. <more>

BOOKS

Customer-Driven IT
by David Moschella
Harvard Business School Press
How Users Are Shaping Technology Industry Growth. <more>