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VITAL: Value-Based IT Alignment

An Introduction to the projectPascal van Eck

“Architectuur in een genetwerkte wereld”, NGI Regio Den Haag, September 28, 2005

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How it all started

• Jaap Gordijn (VU):e3-value: e-commerce business models based on economic value

• Roel Wieringa (UT):GRAAL: case-study based research on business/IT alignment in large organizations

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VITAL: Value-Based IT ALignment

• Three parts:– VITAL/services: focus on service

specification– VITAL/design: focus on architecture– VITAL/maturity: focus on implementation

Economic value-based approach to alignment in networked businesses

“IT investment decisions just like any other investment decision”

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Who’s who in VITAL?

• From left to right:Jaap Gordijn, Hans Akkermans, Roel Wieringa, Pascal van Eck

• Ph.D.s: Zsofia Derzsi, Sybren de Kinderen, Novica Zarvic, Roberto Santana Tapia

• Others: Yao-Hua Tan (VU), Maya Daneva (UT)

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Participating companies• AtosOrigin• Cap Gemini• CIBIT/SERC• Cisco Systems• Deloitte• Gartner• GetronicsPinkRoccade• HP• ICTU• KPN• Labyrint• Mitopics• OrangeWing Consulting• Ordina• Sogeti • Twynstra Work Innovation• Unisys

http://www.vital-project.org/

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Pascal van Eck

Department of Computer Science

University of Twente

P.O. Box 217

7500 AE Enschede

The Netherlands

Email: vaneck@cs.utwente.nl

http://www.cs.utwente.nl/~patveck