Aligning IT With Business Strategy: The CIO Balancing Act
Improving business and technology synchronisation is a top IS Management priority, according to Gartner's 2002 survey of its 1,500 CIO Executive Program members. According to the organisation, a successful CIO in today's economy must be able to maintain a long term view of business strategies while delivering short term business value.
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The CIO's Changing Role: Are You Prepared?
With IT's growing value in the strategic management of a business, the CIO's responsibility extends beyond day-to-day functions. In fact, as part of an executive team driving business change, it is crucial that he or she, as well as other senior managers, possess strong business acumen. This skill will ultimately enable them and their teams to align IT with overall corporate goals.
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Theory of Constraints And Continuous Process Improvement
A system or a process cannot be more efficient than its limiting factor! In "The Goal" Eli Goldratt presents the Theory Of Constraints (TOC). TOC introduces primary measurements for the analysis of systems based on productivity and ultimately, profit. The core truth of TOC is that every system or process has at least one constraint or bottleneck, and that the identification of this constraint should be the focus for any improvement activity. |