| A Zero-Sum Game CIOs will struggle to make technology relevant to a business that is concerned with cutting costs and improving performance. Crafting a New Game CIOs will focus executive resources, talent, and attention on using technology to innovate and restructure for the future. | "Technology has graduated, and like many graduates, it now has to figure out what to do with the rest of its life. " -- Mark McDonald, Guest Editor Opening Statement Mark McDonald The CIO's Role in the CEO’s Agenda D. Neil Gissler CIOs Can't Do It Alone: Project Success Through Better Sponsorship Payson Hall Women CIOs: Cracks in the Glass Ceiling Lou Russell All Things to All People No Longer: Four Options for the New CIO Agenda Mark McDonald The CIO: "Career Is Onward" Peter G.W. Keen | |
Next IssueCommunicating Knowledge Efficiently Through Software PatternsGuest Editor: Joshua Kerievsky Over the past 10 years, a subset of the software development community has been producing catalogs of patterns and pattern languages. Many of these efforts are changing how software development happens today. What does the future hold for patterns and their role in the next generation of software development? In next month’s issue, Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant Joshua Kerievsky and a seasoned group of patterns community veterans will help you gain a clearer understanding of the advantages and pitfalls of using patterns and pattern languages. [ Back to Top ] | ||
The average tenure of a CIO is 18-24 months, making this position one of the more tenuous in business. What started out as a way to get IT out of the back room and into the boardroom has become, to a great extent, a tightrope walk through limited budgets, significant security concerns, and pressure to show ROI. Mark McDonald and a group of esteemed contributors offer a new CIO agenda that is more explicit and pragmatic than just "getting close to the business." They present many of the to-dos required to get -- and keep -- IT as a core competency in business.
