CIOs routinely agree on the critical importance of achieving and maintaining strategic alignment, but time and again, companies find IT is not adequately supporting the company’s strategy. Some of the reasons for this are beyond the control of CIOs. Routinely assessing IT's alignment with company strategy and goals is not beyond CIO's control, and is ignored with peril. Chris will share a high-level IT assessment framework, and present some stories from Wharton, Penn, the Jewish Federation, etc.