Corporate profiling

Corporate profiling is a process that delivers an in-depth blueprint of the organizational structure, its technology, people, processes, up-stream and down-stream customers and their relationships.

Using this process, organizations are able to identify where the interlinked relationships occur. Profiling also identifies any common or causal factors between corporate, business and Information technology and more significantly, it elucidates hidden or not so obvious factors that would otherwise be over-looked.

In order for comprehensive profiling to be undertaken there must be a common objective between the three business components (corporate, business and IT) and a level of executive support and cohesion that will drive tri-directional communication channels throughout the business components."Cohesion of Enterprise Models". VIA NOVA ARCHITECTURA. 2008-11-30. http://www.via-nova-architectura.org/artikelen/tijdschrift/cohesion-of-enterprise-models.html. Retrieved 2009-01-28. ^{[dead link]}

Information technology

The process of corporate profiling ensures that all factors are considered, thereby significantly reducing the opportunity for Information technology Project Failure"Collaborating on Project Success". Collaboration: Development & Management. Software Magazine and Wiesner Publishing. February/March 2001. http://www.softwaremag.com/archive/2001feb/collaborativemgt.html. Retrieved 2009-01-28. . Corporate Profiling is the first step to undertaking an IT implementation."The First Step to Successful ERP:Get Your House in Order". In Search of Business Value & ROI: Achieving IT Benefits Realization. Toolbox for IT. 10-11-2006. http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/erp-roi/the-first-step-to-successful-erp-get-your-house-in-order-12214. Retrieved 2009-01-28.