Breakthrough IT
Subtitle: supercharging organizational value through technology
By: by Patrick Gray.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470124840
Subjects: Information technology -- Management; Technological innovations; Organizational effectiveness
Other titles: Breakthrough information technology
Table of contents: title: Hell freezes over: IT becomes a key component of your organizational strategy; title: Why do you need breakthrough IT?; title: The triple threat; title: Hell freezes over: IT enables strategy; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: Up periscope! ending the focus on continuing operations; title: A brief history of IT; title: Shifting the focus: moving IT from service provider to strategic asset; title: Calling Sherlock Holmes: finding continuing operations; title: Changing the source: what to do with continuing operations; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: ET phone home: stop talking IT and start talking strategy; title: Free at last; title: Separating process from technology; title: Where the rubber meets the road: partnering with the CEO; title: Talking the talk; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: C-suite conversations: Greg Buoncontri, CIO of Pitney Bowes; title: Clear the benches: take your IT shop from dysfunction to dynamo; title: Hiring (and firing) the right people; title: Continually improving the skills of your people; title: Meaningfully evaluating your people; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: Milking the cow: turn your IT project portfolio into a cash cow; title: Developing a project investment mix; title: The PASRBRTKO: project analyzing, selecting, risk-assessing, budgeting, returns tracking and killing office; title: What the PMO is not; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: Show me the money: controlling a project by the numbers; title: The right stuff: determining what to measure; title: Managing to the metrics; title: Beyond the numbers: the "gut check"; title: Delivering the goods; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: Pushing water uphill: driving organizational change from the C-suite; title: What is "change management"; title: The role of the CIO in change management; title: The role of the CEO in change management; title: Change management at the line level; title: Influencing change 101; title: The end of business as usual; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: C-suite conversations: Bridget Reiss and Kathy Allen, CIO and CFO of Millipore Corporation; title: Cashing in the chips: when to cancel a project; title: My little runaway; title: The project killers; title: Setting failure criteria; title: When the going gets tough: warning signs; title: Broaching the topic of cancellation; title: Cancelling well; title: Closing time; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: Be superman (or wonder woman): coming in late to a struggling shop; title: Arriving on the scene; title: Tackling the project portfolio; title: Turning the wheel: making the leap to breakthrough IT; title: Action points; title: Executive summary; title: C-suite conversation: Phil Stunt, vice president, IT International, CA; title: Capitalizing on success; title: Building momentum; title: Beyond breakthrough IT; title: The future of the CIO role; title: In closing; title: Action points; title: Executive summary.