Generating Business Value from Information Technology

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SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Introduction
1	Why study IT value
2	Aligning IT with business strategy
Business operating models
3	An overview of business operating models	Project descriptions posted
4	Unification model Guest speaker: Peter Weill, MIT Sloan CISR Case: UPS
5	Diversification model Case: Pacific Life	Project applications due
6	Replication model Case: 7-Eleven Japan
7	Coordination model Case: Merrill Lynch	Team project description due
IT decision making
8	The data driven organization
9	Two significant challenges in healthcare IT Guest speaker: John Glaser, CIO Partners Healthcare System
10	IT governance: decisions, rights and accountability
11	IT investment Case: Colway Stores	Group case assignment
12	Project governance Guest speaker: Joe Spagnoletti, CIO Campbell Soup Case: Campbell Soup
Business architecture and change management
13	Enterprise architecture
14	Maturing enterprise architecture Case: Southwest Airlines
15	Managing change Guest speaker: Cyrus Gibson, MIT Sloan CISR Case: Aetna
Managing IT and business risk
16	How firms drive value from IT risk management Guest speaker: George Westerman, MIT Sloan CISR
17	IT outsourcing Case: Dow Chemical
18	Business process outsourcing
19	IT and globalization
IT-driven business innovation and agility
20	IT and business innovation
21	IT savvy Guest speaker: Peter Weill, Chairman, MIT Sloan CISR Case: Lenox Insurance
22	IT and business agility Guest speakers: Locatel Plenia
23	The future of IT and digital organizations
24	Group presentations, course wrap-up