Topic: Identify and explain $3$ different things that an organization might do that would prevent it from receiving the value it expects from an IT investment.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE TO THE TOPIC ABOVE? Do you agree with it$?$ And why?

"First, we need to understand why IT investments are important. Quality, timely, and staying in budget are the biggest principles to follow while talking about IT investments. As the guide Developing a Successful Governance Strategy states, $$IT$-$enabled business investments, when managed well within an effective governance framework, provide organisations with significant opportunities to create value.$$ If they are not managed appropriately, it can lead to multiple failures.$$

Misaligned IT strategy and mission objectives.

If we do not align our IT staff and their efforts with the missions objectives, then we are setting ourselves up for failure. Our IT staff$$s mission is to support the multiple mission within our organization and prioritize them in a way of who does what and what systems are most important.$$ One of the things that we have been doing in our unit to assist with this is creating Lines of Effort. Once we created the Lines of Effort, we then used MOEs and MOAs to see how effective our efforts are. This also assisted with prioritizing projects to deliver the best services.

Inadequate Planning and Execution

Not planning properly for projects can hinder the success of the final result. If we do not have enough resources, the right people on the team, it could lead to delays with the projects and even quality of the final effort.$$ Having our plans and programs flight be the overarching individuals that see the projects through and track their progress, this helps with keeping IT staff on the timeline that was set for project completion. Budget, personnel, and expertise are tracked by the Plans section as well. $$

Resistance to Change

We see this all too many times within our Organization.$$ My organization has a lot of people who have been in the same position and units for decades. They are so used to the way things are run from $10,20,30$ years ago that anytime a change is made, they do not approve and want to keep it the $$old way$.$ Ultimately, this can lead the organization to suboptimal performance, reduce the productivity of multiple units, and can possibly lead to a failure to achieve intended benefits. Change in organizations and businesses is necessary with times changing. It can hinder the implementation of new security controls, increase support costs on systems, and can lead to missed opportunities for new technology."