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PBA Zone : IT Environment : IT Operational Financial Pressures Area
 
All IT organizations have a limited amount of financial resources, which are allocated within the organization’s divisional and time constraints. These funds must manage, architect, develop and support all the solutions and personal in the IT organization.

Perspective Capture Questions: Financial Pressures Area

a) What Financial Pressures is the IT Organization currently experiencing? Why?

b) Is there other initiatives or divisions in the company which are in competition with the IT Organization for funding? Why?

c) Does the IT organization operate as (or viewed as) a cost center, revenue center, profit center, market share center, or a customer satisfaction center? Why?

d) How are financial resources allocated and controlled in the IT organization?

e) What financial analysis models are utilized to analyze initiatives?
Alternative Impact Questions: Financial Presures Area

a) How does (or could) the current or alternative architectural decisions affect financial pressures for the IT organization?
Proposed Impact Questions: Financial Pressures Area

a) How do the proposed architectural decisions affect financial pressures for the IT organization?