Alignment: The Next Evolution of BPI

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Alignment: The Next Evolution of BPI

by Michael Wood

October 1, 2007


According to a major 2007 survey, the top initiative for CIOs was Business Process Improvement. And according to the Ziff Davis/CIO Insight article “Companies Falter at Aligning IT to Business”, by Brian P. Watson (Sept. 10), “most companies find their IT to be ineffective and poorly aligned to their business.”
While it is good news the CIOs are recognizing the need for better alignment, it would appear that few know how to achieve it. Given the IT world is over 50 years old, the continued misalignment issues are troublesome at best.
Having dedicated my entire professional life to the art and science of Business Process Improvement since 1979, I have come to realize that improvement is the wrong word. Instead, the concept should be Business Process Alignment. I further submit that IT is not alone in the quest for alignment.



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