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70 Management of IT Articles
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The Information Technology Workforce: Trends and Implications 2005-2008
misqe.org— — “In 2005, a team of researchers sponsored by the Society for Information Management Advocacy program interviewed senior executives in Information Technology (IT) departments about their current and future workforce trends and skill requirements.”
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Coping with Project Backlog
cio.com.au— — “Demand for new applications is pushing IT departments to their limits. Here’s why the workload has exploded and – more important – how to handle it.”
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Successful IT: A CIOS Primer
informationweek.com— — “University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center CIO Dan Drawbaugh talks about his steps to making IT projects effective. (CIOs Uncensored)”
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Tuning TECH to Business
baselinemag.com— — Research finds that alignment is the top priority for IT management in the coming year and the most challenging task well into the next decade.
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How to make IT allocations work
cio.com— — “Every year, clients complain that IT costs too much. They claim that their share of the allocations is unfair and that they’re subsidizing other business units.”
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The Evolution Of The CIO
informationweek.com— — “At the annual meeting last month of the Society for Information Management, rumor had it that a bombshell was buried in the results of the organization’s annual IT management survey.”
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What Makes A CIO Effective?
informationweekreports.com— — “There’s consensus among CXOs, IT staff, line-of-business managers, and CIO themselves, and it boils down to three words: alignment, process, innovation.”
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10 Ways to Cut IT Operational Costs
businessinnovation.cmp.com— — “Many organizations are still looking to reduce operational expenses while increaing overall efficiency. Here are 10 ways that you may be able to cut IT operations costs in your organization.”
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The Economics of IT
businessinnovation.cmp.com— — “With much at stake in major technology deployments, CIOs and finance executives must work together closely.”
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The Rule Maturity Model: Five Steps to an Agile Enterprise
intelligententerprise.com— — “Business rules can be used to implement competitive strategy, promote and enforce policy, and ensure compliance, but most organizations aren’t even aware of the rules that are buried in code, forgotten in old documents and stuck in people’s heads.”
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Change: The Only Constant
cioinsight.com— — “The article discusses the results of a survey on the future of information technology (IT) in the U.S. The survey is divided into three parts: the top business and managerial and technology priorities for 2007, the economic outlook of IT and its future direction.”
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Lessons From FedEx, Schwab, eBay, And Others On The Customer-Driven Web Economy
informationweekreports.com— — “It’s about building new connections to customers—not just crafting a killer Web site.”
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Managing the Realization of Business Benefits from IT Investments
misqe.org— — “With their information technology (IT) investments, most organizations focus on implementing the technology rather than on realizing the expected business benefits.”
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IT Project Management: Infamous Failures, Classic Mistakes, and Best Practices
misqe.org— — “In recent years, IT project failures have received a great deal of attention in the press as well as the boardroom.”
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Critical Capabilities for Offshore Outsourcing of Information Systems
misqe.org— — “Eager to capitalize on the low-cost, high-quality IS labor markets overseas, many companies are moving their IS work offshore, but often with disappointing results.”
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The CIO Role Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
cio.com— — “In 1987, I was working at The Pillsbury Company under Vice President of Information Management John Hammitt (the title of CIO was not widely used at that time) when CIO’s founding Editor Marcia Blumenthal came to visit…”
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Future of IT: Why Tech Managers Will Need Sharper Skills
cioinsight.com— — “The IT organization is changing—so much so that, soon enough, it may be unrecognizable.”
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Building Business Agility at Southwest Airlines
mitsloan.mit.edu— — “Southwest Airlines has grown from upstart to the largest U.S. airline in terms of number of passengers flown while recording 34 consecutive years of profitability.”
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Bridging the IT Generation Gap
cioinsight.com— — “Younger workers bring a new set of expectations to the marketplace. The good news: IT may have some built-in advantages for meeting the challenge.”
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The Change-Agent CIO
cioinsight.com— — “Futurist James Canton foresees the CIO motivating the rest of the organization, including the CEO and the board, to change.”