Business & IT Alignment Flashcards

In Henderson and Venkatraman's Strategic Alignment Model, which two dimensions define the framework?

Answer: Strategic fit and functional integration

The model aligns the external/internal domains (strategic fit) with the business/IT domains (functional integration).

Luftman's Strategic Alignment Maturity Model rates organizations on how many maturity levels?

Answer: Five

Luftman defines five levels, from Initial/Ad Hoc to Optimized, assessed across six criteria.

Which of the following is one of the six criteria in Luftman's alignment maturity model?

Answer: Partnership

Partnership, along with communications, value measurement, governance, scope and architecture, and skills, is a Luftman criterion.

An architect wants to show executives which business abilities are underserved by current applications. Which artifact is most effective?

Answer: Heat-mapped business capability map

A capability map colored by maturity or investment exposes gaps in business terms executives understand.

In the TIME application rationalization model, an application with high business value but poor technical quality should usually be:

Answer: Migrated

High business value with low technical fitness calls for migration to a better platform.

Which statement best describes a value stream in business architecture?

Answer: An end-to-end set of value-adding stages that deliver an outcome to a stakeholder

Value streams show how value is delivered from the stakeholder's view, across organizational boundaries.

When business strategy drives IT infrastructure choices through IT strategy, this alignment perspective in the Strategic Alignment Model is called:

Answer: Technology transformation

Technology transformation runs from business strategy to IT strategy to IT infrastructure.