Understanding Maturity of Collaborative Network Organizations by Using B-ITa Processes

Organization’s concerns as controlling costs, improving quality, increasing effectiveness, and managing risk increasingly impose strong requirements on Business-IT alignment (B-ITa). Several Maturity Models came into being for considering improvement actions in B-ITa. The IT-Enabled Collaborative Network organizations (ICoNOs) maturity model specifically addresses the processes needed for achieving B-ITa in networked organizations. We have evaluated ICoNOs maturity model on a case study in an Asian organization. On the basis of this study, we propose to introduce a new domain named as “Cost Management”.