Why Technology Business Management (TBM)?
In these tough and uncertain economic times, IT leaders face conflicting mandates of spend less but drive greater productivity and competitiveness. For this, traditional approaches to managing IT are no longer adequate. You must be armed with the right facts, collaborate with your business partners to make tradeoffs, drive the right levels of investment in projects and services, and maximize the value from every dollar invested in IT.
"For governance, our executives evaluate and manage our portfolio of investments in our business capabilities. The key to our success is being on the same page, speaking the same language, and applying business principles to managing our IT investments. To me, this is what Technology Business Management is all about."
Source: TBM Council
Carol Zierhoffer
CIO,
Managing the Business of IT
Technology Business Management (TBM) is a discipline for managing the business of IT through an integrated view of technology cost, performance, supply and demand.
TBM was developed through a partnership between Apptio and dozens of thought-leading and passionate CIOs, CTOs and other IT leaders. Our goal was to fill the void in existing IT management approaches by better adapting business principles and processes.
The product of our collaboration is a systematic approach for:
