IBM IT Lifecycle Management: Governing IT Operations demo

Although IT has always been actively managed across the lifecycle, implementing a formal IT governance strategy is becoming a priority for many enterprises. Driven either by the realization that formal controls will ensure better management decisions, or from the need to respond to regulatory pressures or requirements, IT governance provides a framework for overall IT strategic management, investment analysis and linking of IT activities to business decisions.

Business leaders are faced with portfolio investment decisions on a regular basis and trade-offs occur regularly. The key is to put the critical information at the finger tips of the decision makers. Dashboard views that summarize both project and operational status across the lifecycle can make this happen.

In this demonstration you will see the benefits of combining project metrics with business-facing metrics for IT service delivery to enable portfolio investment decisions. You will see how IBM Tivoli Business Systems Manager and IBM Tivoli Service Level Advisor, in conjunction with IBM Rational software, provide a solution that can govern portfolios, development projects and operational activities in order to optimize investment trade-offs.