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Towards better IT Governance

As both business and public sector organisations are becoming increasingly dependent on IT, there is growing recognition that governance of IT is an essential part of the corporate governance. Governance is about who makes the decisions? How they are made and who is accountable for what? While the need for IT governance is accepted, implementing effective IT governance continues to be a challenge.

Many C-level executives still consider IT to be too complex, technical and difficult to govern. IT governance still is perceived as a CIO issue. Alignment between IT and business strategy as well as between IT and business governance remains weak.

This article demystifies the IT governance and provides practical ideas for improvement.

Promises! Promises!

Beginning of a new year is time for new beginnings. We all make new resolutions, such as, regular exercise, giving up smoking. Over time one finds that these promises just fade away. Politicians too make promises at the beginning of their new terms and the result is the same, many broken promises.

Businesses too make promises about products and services. Customers value businesses that deliver what they promise. Customers trust increases. Confidence is eroded when businesses are not as seen keeping promises. IT is no different. Without customers basic trust that you will deliver what you promise, nothing else you do matters.

If keeping promises is important, why is it so hard to keep promises?Why more promises seem to be broken than kept? What can you do about keeping promises?

Read the article for strategies to get your promises management right.

Developing high potential leaders

What differentiates between success and mediocrity in organisations? Studies show that the high performing leaders are the ones most relied upon to drive the business performance in the years to come. High performing employees have a disproportionately higher impact on results. This means that identifying and developing future high performers is a critical priority for any organisation. CIOs have a responsibility to identify and nurture these star performers in IT organisations.

This article shows how CIO's can identify and develop these emerging leaders.

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Show me the money

When the CEO says "Show me the money", CIOs are often caught short and unable to demonstrate the value of IT projects. Here are crucial steps CIOs should take to instil a benefits management focus in their organisations and ensure that project success is judged by the value that's created.

This article shows how to increase project ROI by adopting the "realisation" mindset.

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Winning the "Board" game

For any company executive, fronting up to a board meeting and presenting is a daunting challenge. CIOs have an additional challenge. Boards are rarely interested in technology. They don’t understand the jargon. In such an environment engaging effectively with boards and getting that funding request approved can be a major challenge.

Over my career, I had to present to the boards a number of times in different companies. This article, based on my experience and that of colleagues, aims to provide guidance to CIOs and other IT executives who want to win the board game.

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Success tips for your Business Process Management implementation

Increasingly Business Process Management is being seen as a key tool in improving business efficiency. According to Gartner, investment in BPM suites is literally twice the growth rate of legacy packaged enterprise applications. Clearly BPM has gained traction.

There are a plethora of tools from many vendors. Each with a different styles and strengths. This can be quite confusing. The nature of BPM projects is different from many of the IT projects and chances of getting it wrong and not getting the desired benefits are high.

This article helps managers considering a BPM initiative. It explains the different technology choices and provides practical tips for a successful implementation.

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