How To Get Executive Buy-In For IT Projects
ITProToday, Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
Executives often lack a deep technical background, making it challenging for IT professionals to convey the value of new initiatives. These strategies can bridge this gap and secure buy-in.
If you work in IT long enough, you'll live through a scenario like this: You want to launch a new initiative that you're certain will benefit the business by increasing efficiency, lowering risk, or improving security.
But when you explain the project to your boss - or your boss's boss's boss, depending on where you sit in the organizational hierarchy - your idea is dismissed because the executive you're explaining it to doesn't see the value.