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| What the IF4IT is | We are an open best practices organization for the Information Technology Management (ITM) industry (a.k.a. “IT”). Visit the Catalog. |
| How we do it | We work with industry leaders to identify, document, curate, and share open ITM best practices and other materials. |
| What we are not | We are not a vendor — we sell nothing. We do not endorse any brand-specific tools or technologies. |
| Who we help | IT leaders, managers, practitioners, and other business professionals who work within or with the ITM industry. |
| Our Goals | Our best practices exist to help IT leadership and the businesses they serve achieve 1) Quicker Time-to-Value (T2V), 2) Higher Quality Levels, and 3) Lower Costs. We do this by helping them apply common sense industry best practices. |
| What we publish | Best practices documents, frameworks, models, data & information inventory and attribute documents, articles, and more — all spanning many different topics related to ITM. Visit the Catalog. |
| Using our materials | You are free to leverage our materials in your own implementations, subject to our legal disclaimers and proper citations when leveraging our materials in any publications you make or share with others. Cite IF4IT when quoting or reusing content (see How to cite the IF4IT on our About Us page). |
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