5 IT Financial Management Fundamentals for CIOs to Drive IT Success

In today's dynamic business environment, CIOs are tasked with navigating a complex landscape of technical, business and political challenges. Amidst these demands, financial management often becomes a focal point only during critical periods, such as budgeting season, or when IT expenditures need rapid adjustments. Join this complimentary Gartner CIO leadership webinar as a Gartner expert explores the crucial role and essential fundamentals of IT Financial Management (ITFM) that every CIO must master to achieve key financial objectives: securing funding, optimizing IT costs and demonstrating IT's value. Plus, we will discuss the five core competencies of ITFM - benchmarking, budgeting, managing spend, cost allocation and investment. We will take a close look at how these serve as pivotal enablers for broader organizational goals and how to evaluate your organization's proficiency in these areas. You will walk away from this session with answers to your vital questions, a copy of the research slides and recommended actions to help you achieve your goals.

Learn how ITFM is directly linked to key business goals
Assess your capability in each of the 5 ITFM fundamentals to identify areas for improvement
Best practice in ITFM competencies, current trends and future direction