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| Alignment—a goal shared by chiropractor’s and CIO’s |
Chiropractors make their living by adjusting their patient’s spine to put it into proper alignment. And that’s exactly what CIOs are doing with their organizations—aligning.
In recent years it has become a priority for IT executives to take a more business-centric approach to management by aligning activities and resources closer to the strategic development of the business.
However, achieving business centric IT management includes balancing the supply and demand of resources, knowing what is going to deliver the most value to the business, showing that value and keeping in close communication with the ever-changing priorities of the business. Not a small task- but also not impossible. As a guide to some of these key initiatives, this issue of IT Management Newsletter explores the:
- current state of supply and demand management in IT with results from an executive survey conducted by Computerworld
- necessary components needed for an IT department to move toward a business-centric model with featured Executive Coach, Charles Emond
- thoughts of an elite group of IT leaders during a roundtable discussion moderated by Ellen Kitzis, Vice President, Gartner, Inc.
- importance of project management when modernizing the framework of mainframe portfolios.
Each resource provides insights to IT executives who are "adjusting" their departments based on the strategies of the overall business. Doing this helps achieve business centric IT management.
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White Paper: "The Current State of Supply and Demand Management in IT"
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This past April, Computerworld set out to understand the priorities of IT leaders in managing IT supply and demand within their organizations. After surveying director-level and above IT professionals in organizations with 1,000 or more employees, the conclusions include:
- Nine out of 10 respondents feel it is essential to agree with business counterparts on decision-making criteria to evaluate demand and obtain visibility and control into projects
- Only 28 percent of respondents focus on balancing supply and demand
- More than half the respondents appear to be managing supply and demand using an ad hoc approach.
For a complete list of survey questions and analysis, click here.
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IT Executive Coach: Charles Emond, Montera Corporation
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From a CIO who implemented a world-wide technology infrastructure to the co-founder of the applications management company, Montera Corporation, Charles Emond has over 22 years of diverse experience to share in this issue's "Executive Coach." Emond answers questions that probe into the relationship between IT and the business: how to better align the two to meet the organization’s goals, the importance of portfolio management and how to realize results through specific metrics.
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Curing Double Vision—Merging IT goals and organizational strategy for business success.
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In today's rapidly changing business environment, IT executives face the challenge of finding the best way to align their department with business goals and prove their value to the organization. Compuware recently conducted a roundtable discussion with a group of IT leaders from around the world, to discuss how other IT executives can achieve success within their department and in the eyes of the business. Ellen Kitzis, Vice President, Gartner, Inc., and co-author of the book, The New CIO Leader, moderated the roundtable.
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On-Demand Webcast: "Rationalize, Optimize, Modernize mainframe portfolios"
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Featuring Presenters: Dale Vecchio, Gartner Research Vice President and Gerry Leitao, Vice President of Compuware Professional Services
Legacy systems play a vital role in today's IT organizations. They contain critical business knowledge and domain expertise that companies cannot afford to lose.
In this webcast, industry thought leaders from featured analyst firm Gartner and Compuware will explain how best to leverage and modernize legacy systems, enabling organizations to realize benefits more quickly. Gartner Research Vice President Dale Vecchio will address the key challenges IT executives are facing today, as well as several mainframe modernization alternatives and best practices. Gerry Leitao, Vice President of Compuware Professional Services, will discuss a comprehensive framework to rationalize, optimize and modernize mainframe portfolios to achieve IT and business objectives.
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IT Portfolio Management Solution: Compuware Changepoint
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Compuware Changepoint is an industry-leading IT Portfolio Management Solution that provides
IT Executives an integrated view of IT, allowing effective management of projects, applications, people
and client relationships. Changepoint enables CIOs to align and manage IT portfolios, improve
organizational effectiveness and enhance the quality of IT service delivery. With greater control over
IT processes, visibility into key portfolios and a focus on quality throughout service delivery, IT
organizations can deliver direct results to the bottom line—and greater value to the business.
Awards and Recognition include:
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Compuware Changepoint
a leader in the Magic Quadrant
for IT Project and Portfolio
Management 2007
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