CIO Wisdom
Best Practices from Silicon Valley
Nonfiction, Computers, Advanced Computing, Management Information Systems, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Information Management
| Author: | Dean Lane, With Members of the CIO Community of Practice, and Change Technology Solutions, Inc. | ISBN: | 9780132465991 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education | Publication: | July 25, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Prentice Hall | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dean Lane, With Members of the CIO Community of Practice, and Change Technology Solutions, Inc. |
| ISBN: | 9780132465991 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education |
| Publication: | July 25, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Prentice Hall |
| Language: | English |
What it takes to be a truly great CIO... from the IT leaders who know best
What does it take to get to the top in IT today, stay there, and thrive? How do you realign IT to maximize business value, and become a full strategic partner in the organization's most crucial decisions? CIO Wisdom brings together answers from 20 of the world's most successful senior IT executives. Based on their extraordinary private discussions over the past five years, it covers every facet of IT leadership: planning, budgeting, sourcing, architecture, strategy, and much more. If you're an IT leader—or you intend to become one—it's the most important book you'll read this year.
- What really works right now
- Taking charge: Creating a 90-day tactical plan-and an intelligent long-term strategy
- Refocusing IT on your company's core business drivers
- Leading IT in today's rapidly evolving "extended enterprise"
- Deciding what to outsource-and managing your outsourcing relationships
- Implementing the ten metrics most critical to IT success
- Setting priorities when infrastructure costs are rising and resources are declining
- Evolving the leadership style that works best for you-and your organization
- Coping with the incredible personal pressures of IT leadership
- Addressing the unique challenges that face women in IT's upper echelons
The authors' profits from this book will support a scholarship program for underprivileged students planning IT careers
What it takes to be a truly great CIO... from the IT leaders who know best
What does it take to get to the top in IT today, stay there, and thrive? How do you realign IT to maximize business value, and become a full strategic partner in the organization's most crucial decisions? CIO Wisdom brings together answers from 20 of the world's most successful senior IT executives. Based on their extraordinary private discussions over the past five years, it covers every facet of IT leadership: planning, budgeting, sourcing, architecture, strategy, and much more. If you're an IT leader—or you intend to become one—it's the most important book you'll read this year.
- What really works right now
- Taking charge: Creating a 90-day tactical plan-and an intelligent long-term strategy
- Refocusing IT on your company's core business drivers
- Leading IT in today's rapidly evolving "extended enterprise"
- Deciding what to outsource-and managing your outsourcing relationships
- Implementing the ten metrics most critical to IT success
- Setting priorities when infrastructure costs are rising and resources are declining
- Evolving the leadership style that works best for you-and your organization
- Coping with the incredible personal pressures of IT leadership
- Addressing the unique challenges that face women in IT's upper echelons
The authors' profits from this book will support a scholarship program for underprivileged students planning IT careers
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