There is a great interview in CIO Insight with the principals of CogniTech on analyzing the IS contribution to an organization's performance. Unlike the vast majority of blurbs or articles I see about this subject in the IT press (fodder for a future post maybe), CogniTech's Lodahl and Redditt really get it. They founded their business on the same two premises that I do my writing here: "that businesses were going to become more and more dependent on IT, and that IT was being managed incorrectly."
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December 08, 2005
Recent Posts
- Good Reading for you CIO
- Project Sponsorship Part I: Selecting a Sponsor
- Thinking about IT and the Board
- The Danger of Illusory IT Excellence
- Governance by Committee vs Real Leadership
- The (ir)Relevance of a CSci Degree in Corporate IT
- KISS
- Oversimplified, but true as far as it goes
- The Risk of Dark-side CIOs: Crooked Information Officers
- Hurd Puts In New CIO at Dell; Rethinking Bouchard
Recommended Reading
Benjamin Hunt: The Timid Corporation : Why Business is Terrified of Taking Risk
While not on IT, it does cover some ways in which even IT-oriented initiatives like CRM are reflective of corporate timidity. An outstanding book; if I could afford to I would put a copy in the hands of the top people in every Global 5000 company.- IT Governance Institute: COBIT, 3rd Edition
CObIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) is a framework for IT governance from the IT Governance Institute, part of the Information Systems Audit and Control Foundation. A collection of diagnostics, guidelines, and other information makes this a comprehensive resource for thinking about or developing IT governance practices in your organization. Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill: Six IT Decisions Your IT People Shouldn't Make (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
You're dying to know what they are. aren't you? It's only $7. More cautions for business executives considering abdictating their role over IT.Peter Weill: IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results
Another great book from HBS Press. Weill points out that companies with good IT governance enjoy higher profits (by 25%) than other firms. Not bad.Nicholas G. Carr: Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage
I think Carr is incorrect in his premise that IT is no longer a source of competitive advantage, but he is effective at providing some balance.
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