Centralized vs Decentralized application portfolio strategy

In managing IT startegy, especially Application portfolio, there are 2 management style which are Centralized and Decentralized in decision making. And for better understanding deeper about the 2 style, there are 4 type matrix for the strategy in detailed view using below matrix. Source: John Ward and Joe Peppard, Strategic Planning for Information System p.336...

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Highlight text in PDF

We all use pdf, because many documents also use pdf for their publishing formats. Even ebooks come with pdf, and sometimes when reading it, we need to jot down notes on it or highlight it as we used to with a books. So with pdf, we can do highlight the important one, and even the original pdf still intanct. Here come the application that can do this. Xournal is a pdf highlight application, which create a new file to overlay the highlight of pdf....

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IT Cost by Critical Success Factor perspective

In measuring IT cost, we can also use Critical success factor (CSF). This can be use to measure the startegic performance through IT which relate the CSF with the IT cost needed. With this CSF, organization will have specific target and measurement within IT strategic investment decision. IT Cost by Critical Success Factor matrix ...

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IT Balance Scorecard perspective

When relate IT to cost, IT always relate to High Cost, especially in initial stage. We need to measure the value of the IT investment made by company related to company performance and metrics, especially understandable by business people. We are IT people talk about technical performance, and Business people understand about money, reveneu, profit, and other financial measure. So there is gap between IT and business. Coma the Balance Scorecard...

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