In part one I discussed the first reason why I do not like the term ’business-IT alignment’. The term suggests that business is one homogenous entity with clear and consistent requirements for the IT domain, which in my experience it is not. The second reason I dislike the term is that it suggests an “us against them” mentality between business and IT that is common and (even worse) found acceptable in many organizations.

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http://itgrsc.blogspot.com/2010/08/business-it-alignment-bad-term-part-two.html