An organization has successfully aligned Information Technology (IT) to business strategy when both business and IT:

1	share an understanding of how IT applications, technologies and services will contribute to business objectives today and in the future
2	agree on where to expend scarce IT resources

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both a and bAn organization has successfully aligned Information Technology (IT) to business strategy when both business and IT:

4	share an understanding of how IT applications, technologies and services will contribute to business objectives today and in the future
5	agree on where to expend scarce IT resources

6	both a and b