Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Maturity of IT Business Strategic Alignment Mechanisms

Authors:
Deb Sledgianowski;Jerry N. Luftman;Richard R. Reilly
Affiliations:
Hofstra University, USA;Stevens Institute of Technology, USA;Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Venue:
Information Resources Management Journal
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Achieving IT-business alignment has been a long-standing, critical, information management issue. A theoretical framework of the maturity levels of management practices and strategic IT choices that facilitate alignment was empirically tested and validated. Confirmatory factor analysis CFA validated 6 factors and identified 22 indices to measure strategic alignment maturity. A mixed model repeated measure analysis of variance ANOVA obtained significant results for both the main effect and interaction effect of differences for the 6 maturity factors across the 11 business units. Regression analysis found a positive association between overall strategic alignment maturity and respondents' self-rated maturity. These exploratory findings show promise for the assessment instrument to be used as a diagnostic tool for organizations to improve their IT-business alignment maturity levels.