Today's economic climate has forced the control of information technology (IT) investments into becoming a necessary and vital part of business behaviour. A major factor driving a commercial focus amongst executives are statistics that show that a very high percentage of IT projects fail to deliver a ROI over an acceptable time frame.

The business environment is now dominated by prudent investment decisions and recessionary attitudes. Central control of IT spending has re-surfaced and is the responsibility of business leadership and procurement officers now feature in the sales cycle.

IT projects that show low risk and high rewards are the ones that get careful consideration and approval.