by Unni Rajendran | Jun 4, 2026 | ITFM Planning
Every IT governance framework I have worked with was built for a world where a project has a scope, a budget, a delivery date, and a measurable outcome. That world still exists, but AI initiatives do not fit in it. A Gen AI pilot can clear every approval gate and...
by Unni Rajendran | Jun 2, 2026 | ITFM Planning
Every CIO I have worked with believes, in principle, that IT investments should align to business goals. The harder question is how. OKRs for IT teams have become one of the default answers – define the objectives, score alignment, fund what fits. In theory, it...
by Unni Rajendran | May 27, 2026 | ITFM Planning
Ask any CIO whether their business stakeholders trust their IT investment decisions, and most will pause before answering. Not because the answer is no – but because the honest answer is: not entirely. That gap in trust is the IT credibility problem. And...
by Unni Rajendran | May 25, 2026 | ITFM Planning
I’ve sat through more IT planning cycles than I care to count. They rarely go badly in a dramatic way – they just move painfully slowly and produce outcomes that don’t quite make sense. The culprit is almost always the same: no agreed framework for...
by Unni Rajendran | May 22, 2026 | ITFM Planning
Planning cycles in most IT organizations run four to seven months. By the time they conclude, the conditions that shaped them have already begun to shift. The question of how to reduce IT planning cycle time is one I hear from almost every CIO I talk to, and the...
