| Barometrix
defines an IT Entrepreneur as an individual participating
in an organization that determines IT strategy through
a business prism. An IT Entrepreneur sets IT strategy in
a business context by understanding an organization's business
goals and mission. We believe increasingly, successful
IT organizations will measure success in terms defined
by company and customer value and not by technology prowess
alone. 
Our
direct experience shows the following:
- Less than 50% of IT Professionals can accurately cite their
company's revenues and growth rates.
- Less
than 10% of IT Professionals are directly
involved in setting company strategy.
- Lines
of business executives believe less than
10% of the Professionals in IT are capable of making
a substantive
contribution to business strategy.
- Sixty percent of business executives believe IT excellence
is compulsory to business success.
- A
majority of IT Professionals are not
directly incented on achieving business results.
This
equation does not compute. Everyone talks about IT
and business alignment yet most organizations are not committed
to a process and compensation structure that ensures
success. An IT Entrepreneur is committed to injecting
IT into the
business process by proactively setting IT goals
that reflect business targets. An IT Entrepreneur measures
success
not
by how many complaints are received, but by how much
corporate value is directly created as a result of IT excellence. |
