Financials: An Excerpt From "IT Success!"

Overview

While budget ownership by the client does give him the final say for IT purchases, it does not imply a passport to buy anything and everything without validation from a technology, architecture and resource perspective. The IT department as trusted advisor would normally provide this type of input as part of the qualification process required to build the business case, mainly at the level of cost estimates, technology and architecture alignment and risk management. Ultimately it is the "Investment committee" or "Project review board" which is responsible for approving IT purchases, with "Trusted advisor" input coming from the IT department.