What separates the technology projects that get funded from the ones that don’t is the ability of their proponents to develop a compelling business case. These days no CFO is approving funds for technology for technology’s sake. But CFOs are approving technology solutions supported by solid financials.

The trick for IT professionals is translating the potential of a specific technology solution into a language that CFOs understand. Accomplishing that trick, however, involves much more than learning how to say NPV, IRR, and ROI. A communication gap currently exists between IT and finance; bridging that gap requires such hard-to- quantify values as trust and a sense of shared goals and responsibilities—of being on the same team.

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