Managing organizations -- Management and control: organizational preparedness -- Understanding IT acquisitions preparedness: organizational perspectives -- Understanding IT acquisitions: associated models -- Conceptualization of IT acquisition life cycle management model -- Development of IT acquisition life cycle management model -- Validation of model: the process -- Validation of model: the process for Tier-I variables -- Validation of model: the process for Tier-II variables -- The validation process for Tier-III variables and fitness of the model -- Application of the model: case-based studies -- Model representation through UML and SPEM.