The Research Of Information Technology Portfolio Management For Jade Cargo Internatioanl

As the increasing extent of integration between Information Technology (IT) system and Enterprise business activities, more and more IT managers are facing a same problem, that's how demonstrate maximizing business gains to Enterprise's management from investments in IT.Maximizing the business value from IT investment is a problem that IT managers should resolve, however, not all Enterprise's IT organization can solve this problem perfectly, this's because many Enterprises don't have a feasible way to accurately evaluate the program or system which provides service value, cost, risk and performance in IT management's activities. Furthermore, many IT managers don't fully understand the key business standard that helps to communicate and manage value of IT investment during the process of practical management.Jade Cargo's IT management is both representativeness and typical demonstration significance in IT management. Based on the practice of Jade Cargo's IT management, this thesis summarizes the problem issues existed in daily Jade Cargo's IT management, and identifies the major problem of Jade Cargo's IT management is how to maximize the business value from IT investment as well. Therefore, a new research - IT Portfolio Management (ITPM), which is an approach to measure and monitor the benefit that IT brings to Corporation's business operation, is a solution to solve the Enterprise-wide probem in IT management.This thesis introduces the concept and important signification of IT portfolio management, and the maturity level and Technology Readiness Level of IT portfolio management as well, this thesis comes up with the majoy process needed for IT Portfolio Management, and the action steps to implement IT Portfolio Management in Jade Cargo.This thesis'framework is structured logically'IT Management introduction, ITPM's introduction, the Maturity Level and Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of ITPM, the analysis of current Jade Cargo's IT management, and the ways to upgrade Jade Cargo's ITPM'.