02162nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245005500055210005500110260004200165300001000207490000600217520155000223653001701773653001601790653001601806653002201822653002601844100002001870700001801890856003601908       2012                        eng d  a1927-032100aEnabling Process Alignment for IT Entrepreneurship0 aEnabling Process Alignment for IT Entrepreneurship  aOttawabTalent First Networkc11/2012  a13-200 v23 aAll firms use information technology (IT). Larger firms have IT organizations whose business function is to supply and manage IT infrastructure and applications to support the firm's business objectives. Regardless of whether the IT function has been outsourced or is resident within a firm, the objectives of the IT organization must be aligned to the strategic needs of the business.

It is often a challenge to balance the demand for IT against the available supply within the firm. Most IT organizations have little capacity to carry out activities that go beyond the incremental ones that are needed to run the immediate needs of the business. A process-ambidexterity framework for IT improves the IT organization's entrepreneurial ability, which in turn, better aligns the IT function with the business functions in the firm.

Process ambidexterity utilizes both process alignment and process adaptability. This article presents a framework for process alignment in IT. This is useful for understanding how the processes in Business Demand Management, a core component of the process-ambidexterity framework for IT, relate to those in IT Governance and IT Supply Chain Management. The framework is presented through three lenses (governance, business, and technology) along with real-world examples from major firms in the USA. Enabling process alignment in the IT function, and process ambidexterity overall, benefits those who govern IT, the executives who lead IT, as well as their peers in the business functions that depend on IT.10aexploitation10aexploration10aIT function10aprocess alignment10aprocess ambidexterity1 aRenaud, Paul, E1 aBot, Sonia, D  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/626