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August 2007
GrowthWave's
IT Value Newsletter
Improving IT Results for Business Growth & Innovation
 
In This Issue
7 Questions CEOs Should Ask Their CIO
GrowthWave in the News!
Our Expertise
IT Assessments
IT Turnarounds
Experienced Interim CIOs
 
Strategic Business-IT Alignment
IT Governance
IT Strategic Planning
 
Contact Us
 
GrowthWave
18300 NE Union Hill Road
Suite 247
Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 844-1842
 
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GrowthWave helps CEOs, CFOs & CIOs increase IT's performance and value to the business.
Greetings!  
"Am I getting value out of IT?"
That's the question we hear most often from CEOs.
 
Many are investing millions of dollars in IT, but aren't seeing returns...they're frustrated by a lack of responsiveness and results.
 
To them, IT has become a black hole.
They'd prefer a shining star.
 
Pursuing IT value has become a chasing after the wind.  Instead of leveraging IT for greater business growth and innovation, they feel held back by project delays and increased technology costs.
 
Business-IT Alignment best practices resolve these issues and increase IT's value to the business.
 
Business-IT Alignment gets IT in sync with the business...and keeps them in sync.  Even small steps toward alignment can make a significant difference in IT's results and value to the business.
 
And we want to share those steps - those ideas and strategies - with you in this newsletter.
 
I hope you find our IT Value Newsletter insightful, helpful and hopeful.  Share it with other business and IT leaders who also desire for IT to have a greater impact on business growth and innovation.
 
John Hughes
Founder
GrowthWave
Redmond, WA
7 Important Questions to Ask Your CIO ...
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Each of the following questions
has a business purpose and response.  No technical knowledge is required to ask them and no technical answers are needed.  This should be a business discussion.
 
1) What security/compliance risks does the business have?
2) How are you ensuring that IT provides returns on IT spending?
3) How does IT enable business performance, growth and
    innovation?
4) Can you walk me through our strategic applications
    architecture?  (Remember, no technical answers needed!)
5) Where do you spend your time?
6) How can we eliminate IT project delays and failures?
7) What do you need from the business to be more successful?
 
We will provide our answers next month!
 
GrowthWave in the News!
 
IT Business Edge (www.ITBusinessEdge.com) recently interviewed John Hughes about GrowthWave's Business-IT Alignment model.
 
Read the article here...
 
 

GrowthWave Service Highlight

IT Assessments
 
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Hidden risks.  Hidden costs.  Hidden opportunities.
Knowing how each impacts, or could impact, business performance serves as the focus of GrowthWave's IT organizational assessments.
 
We uncover valuable decision-making information...insights and foresight...that will increase IT's value to your business.
 
Through a systematic review of the IT organization (people, processes and technologies) our final report is your strategy for improving IT's results for the business.
 
Because of GrowthWave's experience and knowledge, our assessments take only a few days...and the results are clear, insightful and valueable.
 
Call today to schedule a no-cost, no obligation discussion.
(425) 844-1842 or email us at
ITValue@GrowthWave.com.