Congratulations â you are an IT manager and youâve been given a budget to work with. Oh, oh, now what? Oh, and if youâre going to want any money next year, you had better learn how to ask for more money.
What You'll Find Inside:
BUDGETING 101: WHAT IT MANAGERS NEED TO KNOW
3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUDGETS THAT IT MANAGERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
5 STEPS FOR CREATING AN OPERATING BUDGET
HOW TO NEGOTIATE A BIGGER BUDGET FOR YOUR IT TEAM
This budget stuff can be tricky. The fact that we talk about budgets using a vocabulary that most IT managers probably donât have (or at least donât use every day) makes it just a bit harder. If youâre going to do this correctly, weâre going to need to have a talk about whatâs important and what the process for creating a valid budget is.
The good news is that all of this budget stuff is not all that hard to do. It really comes down to learning how your particular company wants to talk about money. If you can discover the vocabulary and the types of budgets that they like to use, then youâll be half-way there. In this book weâre going to cover everything that you need to know about your IT budget. Weâll talk about how to use the budget that youâve been given, the different types of budgets that exists (and why), and how you can go about requesting more money.
One way to think about your IT budget is as fuel in the tank of your IT team. The more that you have, the farther you can go. Read on and find out how to fill your tank upâŚ!