Hogbin, Geoff,  1935- <br/><br/>
Investing in Information Technology :  Managing The Decision-Making Process / 
Geoff Hogbin and David V. Thomas 
 - London :  McGraw-Hill,  c1994 
 - xv, 254 p ;  26 cm 
 - IBM McGraw-Hill series .
<br/><br/>Part 1 The framework: justifying the application systems - the challenges; business and IT planning; further issues raised by business and project planning; information technology and competitive edge; planning - methodology and methods; the uses and value of IT. Part 2 The practice in five stages: introduction to the five stages of making the business case; stage one - collect data and prepare the basic case; stage two - developing the business case - preparing to make the decision; stage three - making the decision; stage four - controlling the investment during implementation; stage five - auditing IT investments after implentation. 
<br/><br/> Puts forward the advantages of IT uses so that managers can express what they need in a better way and present a well-informed business case to justify the expense often created by IT investment. The work also covers the uses of IT in the sphere of project planning. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0077077571 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>LC 93-39047 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital investments--Decision making<br/>Information technology--Decision making<br/>Information technology--Decision making--Case studies--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD30.2 H636 1994