One of the biggest challenges for tech leaders is getting a good firm grip on prioritizing IT projects, and it can be a tough task given every user or business group believes their needs should come first. There are four best practices you can follow to move ahead. The first is to define the IT value proposition to the organization--what is the top expectation the business has from your team? Once that's determined, then it's time to map out fact-based, logical processes for putting projects on the task sheet. The third practice is dealing with allocation resource conflicts. Finally, you need to foster strong collaboration across organizational lines to get projects in the flow.

For more on a good prioritization approach:
- read the article at CIO