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A management science that targets unifying technology and business decision making at each level of an enterprise is know as BTM also referred to as Business Technology Management. This type of management science delivers BTM Capabilities which is a set of guidance principles. A BTM solution is the combination of these capabilities that can improve and organize the practices within a company. Business Technology Management also identifies characteristics that are expected within an organization in accordance to 5 levels of a maturity model.
Bridges are built by BTM between prior isolated standards and tools for BTM by incorporating both communication and prepared technology management levels to make sure that the business strategy of an enterprise can be recognized by technology it sets out. Enterprises use this approach to unite,harmonize, and support business and technology management in order to ensure improved productivity, reduced risk, and execution.Many companies use various techniques and methods in order to improve technology and business alignment. Many of the methods, however, may only be piecemeal solutions. Within the technology management domain exist disparate islands of practice, mainly in the areas of infrastructure and operations. When relying exclusively on methods of downstream technology management, the problem arises because when alignment problems become noticeable they may also be irreversible. In addition, when there is the borrowing of methods from the business domains, oftentimes, there are inadequacies in objectives, goals, adaptability and focus.
Methods such as Balance Scorecard and Six Sigma are often put towards technology operation with various levels of success but they may not be adequate enough to tackle the needs of the integration within business technology. BTM also deals with this challenge by supplying principles of guidance where a company’s practices can be improved and organized.