An IT department has forwarded a request to the IT strategy committee for funding of a discretionary Investment. The committee's MOST important consideration should be to evaluate:

Technical feasibility is important but secondary to whether the investment actually contributes to business objectives; a technically feasible project might not be strategically valuable.

While business and technical scope are important, they are details of *how* an investment will be executed, not the primary justification for *why* it should be made.

For a discretionary investment, the most critical evaluation criterion for an IT strategy committee is its alignment with corporate goals. This ensures that IT spending directly contributes to the organization's strategic objectives and delivers business value, which is the ultimate purpose of IT investments.

Alignment with enterprise architecture is crucial for integration and efficiency but is a tactical consideration that follows the strategic decision to pursue an investment that supports corporate goals.