Growth, mergers, restructuring, innovation - all these important topics of today's companies cannot be implemented without a systematic approach to IT management. This book does not point out unrealistic one size fits all"e; solutions but offers basic systems to solve a broad range of IT problems and challenges. It also presents case examples for successfully implemented solutions - mostly in big companies as they ask for specific IT management.IT is not a cost factor, but a tool, to cut process costs in a company. This message cannot be elaborated enough in times of very short IT budgets. The book points out, how a company with tight resources can generate value using standard as well as individual software.