All Entries in the "IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)" Category

Diary of a Tired CTO

Dear Diary
I did the following things this month.
Met fourteen different IT vendors who gave an impressive high impact presentation on how their products and services can guarantee cost effective, cutting edge, optimized, and seamless, business value in tune with our strategic goals.
Rejected three vendors as their presentations were not in line with strategic customer oriented [...]

Who Are The Super Geeks?

The last quarter century has seen the rise of the Super Geek. This recent CIO.com article features 11 Super Geeks that have transformed society by disruptive technologies. This collection of individuals, if together, might be confused with the cantina in Star Wars, but their combined wealth is a hundred squillion dollars (roughly). Who are they?

Alan Kay - [...]

Punch Above Your Weight! Drop Some Business Steriods - Get Your CIO Career Plan

CIOs don’t become c-level through luck - so why put your career to chance?
Silicon.com have just run this story to highlight the important of having a career plan. CIOs don’t let their career become a game of wait-and-see, but they actively plan for it. But many people don’t do this, but instead meander their way [...]

How To Respond To The Current Financial Markets Crisis

Right now, every business will be looking at its finances. With volatility in financial markets, it’s time to take another look at budgets and expenditure to insulate your business from the downturn. What should IT leaders do? Cut, cut some more, but don’t cut deep.
If you control budget and expense it’s likely you’re already involved [...]

Ten REAL Reasons Why IT Projects Fail

Why do IT Projects fail? Project Managers reel out a million reasons and excuses. But in my years of working in projects, whatever the size or budget, there are 10 reasons why failed projects end up that way.
1. Too Many Parallel Activities into One Completion Date
Project deadlines are not like train stations. Activities of a project [...]

My Comment on ‘Business Readiness for the Facebook Generation’ on the Silicon.com CIO Jury

I was recently invited to join the Silicon.com CIO Jury , and I’ve had my first opinion posted. In this article, I comment on whether Businesses are ready for Facebook generation.
Simon
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Barack Obama Makes His (Pointless?) Play on Outsourcing

Barack Obama has publicly stated (I assume in his Government, should he get in) that organizations who outsource overseas won’t get tax breaks. What tax breaks though? In the US, organizations don’t get tax breaks specifically for this. And what has an organization’s choice of outsourcing got to do with politics, I would add - [...]

Review: Google’s Chrome To Disrupt the Browser Market, But Will It Disrupt the Enterprise Desktop?

In Google’s usual style, there was a bit of a fanfare yesterday (September 2 2008) for the launch of their new ‘killer’ browser, Chrome. Google’s brand and penetration will make it an overnight success and I am confident that it will displace Internet Explorer (further) and Firefox (less so) in the consumer PC market. But [...]

Beware of Your Super Performers

If you have the habit of reading business magazines, management books or articles you will definitely encounter countless references about various super performers (or hyper efficient employees) that exist in various organizations, departments, teams, etc. Of course, the definition of a super performer is a subjective term that can vary [...]

Take the CIO Project and Portfolio Management Assessment

I found a tool offered by Computer Associates which gives CIOs the ability to assess their organization’s Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). CA says:

68% of IT organizations are underutilizing their project resources - how do you compare? Take this opportunity to gauge the maturity of your own IT organization’s Project and Portfolio Management process with [...]