Business and IT Alignment

Business-IT alignment is a desired state in which a business organization is able to use information technology (IT) effectively to achieve business objectives. Recently, effective and efficient information technology (IT) supporting business strategies and processes are key elements for a successful company. In IT research, business and IT alignment is one of the biggest issues. Many approaches can be used for business and IT alignment. Among those are active IT portfolio management, directors' meeting, scorecard, and enterprise architecture (EA)