Assessing business - IT alignment maturity evidence from selected companies in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Identifying an organization's alignment maturity provides an excellent vehicle for understanding and improving the business-lT relationship. Alignment addresses both how IT is in harmony with the business, and how the business should, or could be in harmony with IT Alignment evolves into a relationship where the function of IT and other business functions adapt their strategies together. This research discusses an approach for assessing the maturity of the business-IT alignment. Once maturity is understood, an organization can identify opportunities for enhancing the harmonious relationship of business and IT. This research provides a comprehensive vehicle for organizations to evaluate business-IT alignment in terms of where they are and what they can db'to improve alignment. A survey research method was applied to gather data. The structured questionnaire consists 39 questions to measure business - IT alignment. The selected companies' alignment measured by focusing six IT- business alignment maturity criteria. This research shows that Hirdaramanigroup score highest business - IT alignment maturity that is 3.972. Daya group score second Business- IT alignment maturity that is 3.028 and the company EAM Maliban textile score 2.766 as the lowest business • IT alignment maturity.