bITa Masterclasses

In 2005 bITa Center brougth for the first time the unique series of Masterclasses in Business IT Alignment. The first three series were very successfull with more than 150 participants of senior level. The approach was called very refreshing and was very helpfull for people to find new ways.

In the Netherlands the fourth serie will be held from October 2008 till June 2009. In this serie professor Jerry Luftman, professor Léon de Caluwé, professor Arno Oosterhaven, and other thought leaders will participate.

Preparations for series in France and Spain are now underway. If you consider a role for your organisation please contact us.


 

Topics that are dealt with during different masterclasses*

  • What is Business IT Alignment?
  • Business IT Trends
  • Communication
  • Leadership & IT awareness
  • Business Process Management
  • IT costs and benefits
  • Portfolio Management
  • Demistify the wall of IT acronyms
  • Sourcing
  • (IT) Governance: the future of Alignment?
  • Business Process Management
  • Business Rules
  • Cultural influences on the implementation of best practices
  • Maturity models: improving nothing or nothing to improve?
  • Business- and IT architecture
  • Limits to outsourcing
  • Security / Identity Management
  • Compliancy and Governance
  • How to create real change?

* Note: the topics may vary per country

The masterclasses are very exclusive series with top speakers from different organisations and scientific fields. The target group are senior managers from a high tactical and strategic level (see also the brochure).

This special series of masterclasses will not only be a talkshop. Every participant will receive a FREE benchmark study for their own organisation identifying the level of maturity with regard to a number of Business IT Alignment aspects. The final result of keynotes, discussions and results of the benchmark studies will culminate in a 'best practices' publication. All participants will receive a certificate from the linked university.

If you wish to receive more information you can download it from this page or contact us directly.

For other countries (US, Asia and Europe) we are looking for a number of local partners (Universities, Computer Societies, etc) to organise further series and to work on internationalisation of the benchmark results. If you wish to work with us on a serie in your country, please contact us.

There are limited possibilities to support these series. We limit the sponsors to the number of topics available in the programme. Please, contact us for the conditions or download the information.