Category: Health Check
BI and the Cloud
This article written by Cliff Saran looks at the Garter “Predicts 2012” report from a different perspective: how companies will adopt to Business Intelligence in the Cloud. Saran points out how companies already utilizing the cloud for specific application will be more likely to look towards the cloud for BI functionality – whereas companies that [...]
Companies Falter at Aligning IT to Business
Looking at this article from 2007, the trend of business seeing its IT department as ineffective while assuming the cost of IT will rise is clear, and points to the beginning of the issues now faced by CIOs. Brian Watson’s article goes on to illustrate the now-apparent need to first establish IT effectiveness before attempting [...]
3 Steps to Better IT-Business Alignment
Order, priority, and strategy – that’s what Nicholas Colisto says the 3 steps to a better IT-business alignment are. Starting with trust, Colisto states that taking orders like any respectable, trusted provider is the beginning of alignment. Building on this trust, IT can begin to help business set the priority for certain projects, further aligning [...]
System architects are key to innovation
All CIOs want to create a team around them that is innovative, motivated, and successful. In this post from CIO, Alexandra Heymowska examines a study by Forrester Research which indicated that enterprise architects play a pivotal role: they act as facilitator for innovation teams as well as assure that all innovative voices are heard. By [...]
Big Project Go Boom! 6 Experts Speak.
Rounding up IT professionals, CIOs, academics and consultants, this post on Computer Weekly asks one question: Why do Big IT Projects fail? The professionals in each field have their own takes, of course, but the majority all point to a few key reasons: lack of or changing requirements, poor stakeholder involvement, poor reporting and inconsistent [...]
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