Top IT Trends in MANAGEMENT Drive Projects: Sum Up
My sum up to CIO Insight’s Top IT Trends in 2008 related to MANAGEMENT reveals a need to focus on centralizing non-IT executive control vs. expanding the CIO role, and cleaning up and innovatively using data already out there for decision-making.
The CIO Insight MANAGEMENT trends of 1. No downturn for CIO role, 2. CIO role becoming more demanding, 3. IT metamorphosis continuing, 4. IT grad shortage changing the face of IT, 5. IT outsiders providing inspiration, and 6. Master Data Management expanding, caused these reactions in my two posts related to MANAGEMENT:
- Focus on centralizing non-IT executive control and awareness of IT and non-IT projects, NOT on expanding the CIO’s role.
- Conduct research for innovations outside the company, industry and country.
- Harness current data and systems for innovative decision-making through Master Data Management.
How do you feel about the MANAGEMENT trends and my reactions to them? Do you think the CIO role should be expanded? Why or why isn’t such expansion necessary?
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IT is caught up in the outsourcing plans of companies so it isn’t seen as the safest career direction to go.
Cameron- thanks for commenting. Nice insight on perception that IT isn’t safest place to go because of outsourcing. What level of IT resources are you speaking of? Do you have some personal experience that you can share with us? My post on India’s rising living standards and how it might affect future offshoring might be of interest to you (http://www.projectmanagement411.com/better-life-desires-in-india-will-affect-projects/). Hope to hear more of you- your perceptions will improve the discussion.