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241 Management of IT Resources
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What are the biggest roadblocks to IT's involvement in innovation at your company?
au.idgcast.com— — “CIOs discuss the common obstacles that stand in the way IT’s ability to drive change.”
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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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Avis-Budget VP of Technology: John Turato
video.zdnet.com— — “John Turato, Vice President of Technology for Avis-Budget Group talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about managing technical operations for a rental fleet of more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide.”
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Fast tracking car rental receipts
video.zdnet.com— — “John Turato, Vice President of Technology at Avis-Budget Group describes a new service which delivers a receipt via email to the customer immediately after returning a rental car.”
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Renting green cars
video.zdnet.com— — “John Turato, Vice President of Technology at Avis-Budget Group describes the company’s green strategy which includes increasing their rental fleet to include more hybrid vehicles.”
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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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What Makes for Good IT Governance
cio.com— — “Peter Weill, Director of the Center for Information Systems Research at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and co-author of IT Governance, discusses lessons he learned while researching his book.”
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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.”