it-strategy Archive
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Customer facing projects
Posted on April 25, 2010 | No CommentsRound out your list of growth and efficiency projects with customer-facing initiatives that drive intimacy and satisfaction. Getting closer to your customers adds extra growth potential to your IT project portfolio. … … “Campbell describes TfL’s new IT strategy as highly customer focused. He plans... -
IT Market Insights
Posted on January 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe mid-tier enterprise is exhibiting leadership in adoption of new strategies for driving operational efficiency in the technology infrastructure. … … “Mid-sized enterprises are more aggressive and pioneering than either small or large enterprises. They are adopting new technology initiatives such as cloud computing, replication,... -
Project Visibility
Posted on December 21, 2009 | No CommentsFederal CIO makes progress with government IT strategy, enabling data and project visibility through dashboards. … … “And the recently launched federal IT Dashboard–a display of IT project status that corporations would do well to mimic–has not only given the public visibility into the performance... -
Focused Green IT Benefits
Posted on October 21, 2009 | No CommentsLeave high-level measures to the enterprise sustainability initiative and focus the IT organization on metrics that are in their path of control. … … “To sustain focus and support for a green IT strategy, CIOs must select granular performance metrics that enable comparison and prioritisation,... -
Strategy Execution through Well-Defined Projects
Posted on October 8, 2009 | No CommentsA fair amount of the IT strategy is made up of the portfolio of discretionary investment projects that will drive business growth and/or efficiency. Rightsizing those projects with your team and delivering to your schedules will set the tone with executive leadership. There will be... -
CFO CIO Collaboration
Posted on June 26, 2009 | No CommentsHow best to bridge the gap between CFO and CIO perspectives? Well-written business cases. Balance of tangible and business-relevant measures. A functioning governance process. Staffed governing council(s). A business-savvy IT strategic story. What else? … … “ROI doesn’t always capture the true value of an... -
Certifiably Green
Posted on May 12, 2009 | 1 CommentAs IT sustainability objectives become more prevalent, the British Computer Society creates a certificate in Green IT to prepare IT professionals for development of a green IT strategy. … … “By the end of the three day course, candidates will have a fundamental understanding of... -
Strategy Execution
Posted on March 30, 2009 | No CommentsExecuting on your IT vision requires making investment decisions and allocating your human and financial resources to the disciplined pursuit of your key strategies and enabling projects. … … “This requires clear decisions with priorities and clear IT resource allocation based on priorities—adjusted to relevant... -
Brutal IT Strategy
Posted on January 27, 2009 | No CommentsFinancial industry achieves competitive advantage through brutal IT strategy that “kills the competition and takes no prisoners”. … … “The front office is conducting the war and IT is one of their assets to be deployed on the battlefield and make something work better, cheaper... -
Virtual CIO Planned
Posted on January 25, 2009 | No CommentsGovernment IT will get an efficiency and alignment boost with virtual CIO’s … … “Rebecca tells us the 20-year-old company is creating a virtual CIO that can give clients an IT strategy. ” … Via Washington Tech Bis Now: TWIN TECH
