IT Capability Maturity Framework

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What Does IT Capability Maturity Framework Mean?

The IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) is a model that evaluates and improves an enterprise’s information technology (IT) capabilities. It is designed to derive greater business value from IT.

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Techopedia Explains IT Capability Maturity Framework

IT-CMF is a holistic framework that follows the following four steps in an effort to improve IT performance:

  • Managing IT like a Business: Shifts technology focus to clients and services
  • Managing IT Budget: Invests in solutions for better value
  • Managing IT Capability: Identifies core competencies and manages IT skills throughout the value cycle
  • Managing IT for Business Value: Links IT investments to overall business value

IT-CMF classifies 36 basic procedures within these four strategies, including all IT department roles. An enterprise’s key maturity issues and value-creation potential are revealed via the evaluation of an IT company’s maturity based on these 36 procedures, in addition to industry benchmark and best practice comparisons.

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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.