IT and Leadership - Embrace IT
This is a book for Board Members and Senior Managers wanting to know more about IT. It covers subjects like IT risks, IT governance and what to think about in Mergers and Acquisitions around IT.
You will find a number of hands-on advice to apply in your own work.Good luck with your next IT steps – and Embrace IT as a strategic tool for the future!
IT AND LEADERSHIP – Do IT Right
This book describes the challenges a company is facing when aiming to get the best out of its investments in IT. It covers the key issues a CIO or IT manager is facing jointly with company management and key IT stakeholders like Business System Owners and End Users of the IT services.
The book is easy to read and is full of typical examples from real life experience.
The 14 chapters cover areas like what it takes to implement a customer focused IT function with a Vision and Mission aligned with the company it serves, how to establish a working IT Governance Board, to make Strategic IT investments based on a sound IT Architecture and well developed Business Cases, Manage IT projects and Communicate around them, establish a best in class IT Service Delivery including how to deal with Outsourced services and manage Purchasing in an efficient and Sustainable way.
Each chapter ends with a list of Critical Success Factors that is a great summary to consider when striving for IT AND LEADERSHIP and how to Do IT Right.
Table of content
1. Customer focus – always comes first
2. IT Governance – being on the corporate agenda
3. Vision, mission, values – direction gives motivation
4. Strategic vs commodity – what role does IT play?
5. Business Cases – the value of IT
6. The right IT Architecture – does it exist?
7. Choice of technology – where to be?
8. Successful projects – the best of the best
9. Purchasing efficiency – a relentless effort
10. Meet the outsourcers – friends or enemies?
11. Operational Excellence – how to be a master
12. IT Service Delivery – stand up to your commitments
13. CSR and business ethics – something to care about?
14. Market & communicate – tell the world!