Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
IT executives have pinged and ponged from one organizational approach to another over the years, switching approaches when things get too out of hand. These constructs have ranged from highly centralized and staffed organizations (like Wal-Mart) that may have struggled to sustain early industry pace setting. For others, they tried highly decentralized organizations that then…
Developing a technology strategy is not about figuring out what servers or networks to put into place, but rather putting in to place a framework within which a set of business applications can be deployed. There are three things that you need to know when developing a technology strategy for your company: ▫ An in-depth…
Suppose your family is in the market for a new house. Your plan is to interview three builders and then choose one to build your new home. You meet with Acme Builders first. The salesperson, Ann, asks some questions about what you have in mind and you describe your ideas. Ann tells you that Acme’s…
Meetingitis: Having so many meetings that you can’t get your work done. –The Urban dictionary It’s no secret, the information age is about meetings. Meetings to plan next week’s activities, meetings to review last week’s activities, meetings to review the previous meeting and plan the next one. It is unending! Meetings have a real cost,…
Question: are you a propeller-head? It’s an honest question, but before answering know that your boss and the company’s board do not want to have sit-down sessions with a propeller-head who intends to review the minute details of a proposed new data center. What they want to know is how much money this data center…
When CIOs made the jump from back office support to boardroom elite, many felt they had truly arrived. Celebrations may be a bit premature, however, since there is a marked difference between getting there and staying put. Keeping a seat at the boardroom table often boils down to a renewed focus on information management but…
In an effort to help CIOs struggling to justify IT’s business value to their bosses while, simultaneously, reducing waste and cost, Forrester Research analysts Phil Murphy and Andrew Bartels decided to put together a list of the best practices they, and their peer analysts at Forrester, think would offer the most help. What they come…
The role of the CXO, particularly the CIO is primarily one of leadership, but it’s the one thing we generally never get trained for. Ironically, it has become the “definition” of the CIO in recent time as the job becomes increasingly complex and specialized. More Dan Gingras on CIO Update Is the CIO Obsolete? The…