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CGEIT · Question #687

Which of the following is MOST important to effectively incorporate innovation and emerging technologies into an enterprise's IT strategy?

The correct answer is C. Establishing a formal innovation management process that involves IT and business stakeholders. A formal innovation management process that bridges IT and business stakeholders ensures that emerging technologies are evaluated against real organizational needs, prioritized systematically, and adopted in a governed way. Simply following external consulting roadmaps (A)…

Submitted by lucia.co· Apr 18, 2026Governance of Enterprise IT

Question

Which of the following is MOST important to effectively incorporate innovation and emerging technologies into an enterprise's IT strategy?

Options

  • AImplementing new technologies based on maturity roadmaps according to reputable consulting
  • BMaintaining an IT strategy based on traditional technologies, supplemented by objectives for
  • CEstablishing a formal innovation management process that involves IT and business stakeholders.
  • DPerforming quarterly feedback reviews with focus groups representing the enterprise's customer

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    83% (30)
  • D
    8% (3)

Explanation

A formal innovation management process that bridges IT and business stakeholders ensures that emerging technologies are evaluated against real organizational needs, prioritized systematically, and adopted in a governed way. Simply following external consulting roadmaps (A) outsources strategic judgment. Anchoring strategy to traditional technologies (B) is inherently reactive and not innovation-oriented. Quarterly customer focus groups (D) provide useful feedback but are insufficient alone to drive technology adoption decisions. The formal, cross-functional process (C) is the structural mechanism that sustains continuous, aligned innovation.

Topics

#Innovation Management#IT Strategy#Stakeholder Engagement#IT Governance

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