IT & INFRASTRUCTURE
Equips CFOs to bridge the gap between finance and IT through a structured look at IT’s operating model, budget architecture, build-buy-cloud decisions, and tech stack ROI. It covers shared dashboards, the CIO relationship, IT finance education, and six case study sessions, with a master summary of 50 concepts and a 25-metric IT map.
Foundation — How IT Thinks
The Epistemological Gap Between IT and Finance
Core Framework — IT’s Operating Model
How Decisions Flow, Who Controls What, and Where Finance Fits
Key Metrics — What IT Measures
25 IT Metrics, the Finance Translation Layer, and the Revenue Linkage Map
Budget Architecture — How IT Spends
Five Budget Pools, Hidden Costs, Opex vs. Capex, and the CFO Review Framework
Analytics & Data — How IT Measures What It Manages
From ITSM Telemetry to Financial Insight: The CFO's IT Intelligence Framework
The Hardest Conversation
Five Difficult CFO-CIO Dialogues and How to Navigate Each
Build vs. Buy vs. Cloud-Native
The IT Investment Decision Framework
OKRs, KPIs & the Shared IT-Finance Dashboard
Designing the Scorecard That Both Finance and IT Can Own
Technology & Tools — The IT Tech Stack ROI
Auditing, Rationalising, and Optimising the IT Tool Portfolio
Teaching Finance to the CIO — The CFO as Education
TCO Literacy, Risk-Adjusted ROI, and the Finance Curriculum for IT Leaders
Case Studies I — Two IT Finance Scenarios
The ERP Cost Spiral · The Cloud Migration That Missed Five Cost Categories
Case Studies II — Two More IT Finance Scenarios
The Cybersecurity Incident · The Shadow IT Audit That Changed IT Strategy
Case Studies III — Two Final IT Finance Scenarios
The Legacy System Sunset · The Managed Services Decision
Relationship Architecture
The Complete CFO-CIO Governance Model and Operating Rhythm
Master Summary
50 Concepts · Complete IT-Finance Glossary · The 25-Metric IT Map