IT Strategic Plan Review: Aligning IT Initiatives with Organizational Strategy

Aligning IT Initiatives with Organizational Strategy

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During a review of the IT strategic plan, an IS auditor finds several IT initiatives focused on delivering new systems and technology are not aligned with the organization's strategy.

Witch of the following would be the IS auditor's BEST recommendation?

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A. B. C. D.

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The correct answer is B. Modify IT initiatives that do not map to business strategies.

Explanation: The IS auditor's role is to ensure that IT initiatives align with the organization's goals and strategies. If there are IT initiatives that are not aligned with the business strategy, the IS auditor should recommend modifying those initiatives to align with the organization's goals.

Option A, reassessing the return on investment for the IT initiatives, is not the best recommendation because it does not address the issue of alignment with the organization's strategy.

Option C, utilizing a balanced scorecard to align IT initiatives to business strategies, is a good recommendation, but it may not be the best in this situation because the organization may not have a balanced scorecard framework in place or may not be ready to implement one.

Option D, reassessing IT initiatives that do not map business strategies, is similar to Option B but does not provide a clear solution or action to address the misalignment.

Therefore, the best recommendation is to modify IT initiatives that do not map to business strategies to ensure that they align with the organization's goals and objectives.

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