Colin Ashurst is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School, UK. He has extensive experience as an IT manager and consultant.

• 1. Foundations for a New Perspective2. A Benefits Framework for Planning Projects Exploring Opportunities3. Establishing the Vision Developing the Benefits Realization Plan4. Building Momentum Delivering the Benefits5. Assessing the Benefits Evaluation6. Making the Most of Investments in IT7. Digging Deeper into the Issues of Design and Change8. Strategy Creating Value and Building Competitive Advantage9. Managing the IT Portfolio10. Taking an Architecture Perspective11. Digital Business12. Implications for the CIO And IT Function13. Enabling Business Innovation14. Building the IT Capability of the Organization.

'The academic rigour of this book is excellent, along with its handling of relevant and up-to-date topics in the field of IT. It provides a direct and practical approach to IS/IT and benefits realization in a unique and pragmatic way. It is the ideal text for MBA students, academics and practitioners alike.' - Thanos Papadopoulos, University of Sussex, UK 'In a digital world, realising value from IT initiatives has become one key challenge to executives. This book offers a fresh examination of the benefits that IT can operationally and strategically deliver when appropriate tools are considered and deployed by managers'. - Ilan Oshri, Loughborough University, UK

Colin Ashurst is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School, UK. He has extensive experience as an IT manager and consultant.

• 1. Foundations for a New Perspective2. A Benefits Framework for Planning Projects Exploring Opportunities3. Establishing the Vision Developing the Benefits Realization Plan4. Building Momentum Delivering the Benefits5. Assessing the Benefits Evaluation6. Making the Most of Investments in IT7. Digging Deeper into the Issues of Design and Change8. Strategy Creating Value and Building Competitive Advantage9. Managing the IT Portfolio10. Taking an Architecture Perspective11. Digital Business12. Implications for the CIO And IT Function13. Enabling Business Innovation14. Building the IT Capability of the Organization.

'The academic rigour of this book is excellent, along with its handling of relevant and up-to-date topics in the field of IT. It provides a direct and practical approach to IS/IT and benefits realization in a unique and pragmatic way. It is the ideal text for MBA students, academics and practitioners alike.' - Thanos Papadopoulos, University of Sussex, UK 'In a digital world, realising value from IT initiatives has become one key challenge to executives. This book offers a fresh examination of the benefits that IT can operationally and strategically deliver when appropriate tools are considered and deployed by managers'. - Ilan Oshri, Loughborough University, UK

Colin Ashurst is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School, UK. He has extensive experience as an IT manager and consultant.

• 1. Foundations for a New Perspective2. A Benefits Framework for Planning Projects Exploring Opportunities3. Establishing the Vision Developing the Benefits Realization Plan4. Building Momentum Delivering the Benefits5. Assessing the Benefits Evaluation6. Making the Most of Investments in IT7. Digging Deeper into the Issues of Design and Change8. Strategy Creating Value and Building Competitive Advantage9. Managing the IT Portfolio10. Taking an Architecture Perspective11. Digital Business12. Implications for the CIO And IT Function13. Enabling Business Innovation14. Building the IT Capability of the Organization.

'The academic rigour of this book is excellent, along with its handling of relevant and up-to-date topics in the field of IT. It provides a direct and practical approach to IS/IT and benefits realization in a unique and pragmatic way. It is the ideal text for MBA students, academics and practitioners alike.' - Thanos Papadopoulos, University of Sussex, UK 'In a digital world, realising value from IT initiatives has become one key challenge to executives. This book offers a fresh examination of the benefits that IT can operationally and strategically deliver when appropriate tools are considered and deployed by managers'. - Ilan Oshri, Loughborough University, UK