In Search of Strategic Relevance for UX Teams
http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000333.php

Nieters, Jim and Laurie Pattison
UXmatters
2008

Abstract:

What does it mean to be strategically relevant? It means executives consider you a trusted advisor. It also means other disciplines—such as Engineering, Product Management, Business Development, and so on—consider you a partner and want you to participate in strategic decision making, even if they are not required to do so.