Perfect Pitch

Want more business investment for your IT budget? Here are six quick tips to increase your chances of bringing in more business funding for the IT department.

violin by rkhawaii on flickrAn IT investment proposal has to address fundamental business issues:

  • What do we get out of it?
  • How does it support our business strategy?
  • Does the business case really stand up?
  • Can we afford it?
  • What is the risk profile/ mitigation strategy?
  • What happens if we don’t do this?
  • Deal with these questions adequately in every technology presentation and the business budget-holders will have increased confidence in the IT function to deliver the promise.

    Do they need, or want, to know what sort of widgets you will use to make it all work? Probably not, they just want to know that the business will genuinely benefit. :mrgreen: