Examining tactical information technology - Business alignment

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Tarafdar, Monideepa ^a   Qrunfleh, Sufian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

It strategy; IT Business alignment; Project management; Tactical it business alignment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STRATEGY; BUSINESS VALUE; IT APPLICATIONS; IT FUNCTIONS; IT INVESTMENTS; IT STRATEGIES; IT-BUSINESS ALIGNMENTS; PRIMARY DATA;

INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77956586331     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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