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An IT team is having difficulty meeting new demands placed on the department as a result of a major and radical shift in enterprise business strategy. Which of the following is the ClO's BEST course…

The correct answer is B. Align the business strategy with the IT strategy. When a major shift in enterprise business strategy causes IT difficulties, the CIO's best course of action is to align the IT strategy with the new business strategy. This ensures IT efforts directly support the organization's updated objectives.

Submitted by fatima_kr· Apr 18, 2026Governance of Enterprise IT

Question

An IT team is having difficulty meeting new demands placed on the department as a result of a major and radical shift in enterprise business strategy. Which of the following is the ClO's BEST course of action to address this situation?

Options

  • AUtilize third parties for non-value-added processes.
  • BAlign the business strategy with the IT strategy.
  • CReview the current IT strategy.
  • DReview the IT risk appetite.

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    10% (2)
  • B
    81% (17)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • D
    5% (1)

Why each option

When a major shift in enterprise business strategy causes IT difficulties, the CIO's best course of action is to align the IT strategy with the new business strategy. This ensures IT efforts directly support the organization's updated objectives.

AUtilize third parties for non-value-added processes.

Utilizing third parties might address capacity issues, but it doesn't solve the fundamental problem of misaligned strategy, which could lead to outsourcing the wrong things.

BAlign the business strategy with the IT strategy.Correct

A major and radical shift in enterprise business strategy directly impacts IT, as IT's primary role is to enable and support business objectives. If the IT team is struggling, it indicates a fundamental disconnect. Realigning the IT strategy with the *new* business strategy is the most crucial step to ensure IT resources, projects, and priorities are focused on enabling the updated organizational goals, thereby resolving the underlying cause of the difficulties.

CReview the current IT strategy.

Reviewing the current IT strategy is a good step, but the more precise and active solution, given the business strategy shift, is to *align* it, implying an active change, not just a review.

DReview the IT risk appetite.

Reviewing the IT risk appetite might be a consequence of the new strategy, but it's not the primary action to address the core issue of strategic misalignment.

Concept tested: IT strategy alignment with business strategy

Topics

#Strategic alignment#Business-IT alignment#IT strategy#CIO responsibilities

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