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1.What is your view of IT (Information Technology)?
I think that we are still trying to understand IT as a service to promote business objectives. Business, I think, still tends to exclude IT from the strategy table and that is not good. IT can support business more effectively when they have a clear understanding of strategic goals.
2.What percentage of the company's (or division's) budget is spent on IT issues?
I do not know. This is not information I am privy to. Also, IT issues is a very broad question- it implies that it encompasses active projects in addition to day to day maintenance.
3.How has the role of IT changed over the past decade?
We have moved from a position in which we were regarded as THE solution to being a service provider. Business is no longer willing to see us beyond the place we should take as SMEs for the purpose of facilitating business objectives.
4.How will, or how must, the role of IT change in the future?
We must not forget that we exist to facilitate business strategy. To that end we must take a more active place at the planning table. We need to help business understand what technology is capable of delivering to further strategic goals.
It is also to us to help business understand peripheral issues- safeguarding data, disaster recovery... things that can be solved through appropriate technology but not as readily apparent to business strategy. We need to create holistic systems that provide the protections that business needs and enable business to meet goals.
5.How does the company (or division) manage knowledge?
This is an area that needs work. Too many data repositiories and insufficient indexing for retreival are some of the stumbling stones.
6.How do you use risk management?
Risk management pertaining to? On projects, we use a red/yellow/green risk scorecard. There are other types of risk in the enterprise and are managed differently.
7.How does the company use risk management?
See above. Risk scoring provides a tool by which the executive level can see status. When a project goes yellow, it generally will be assigned a "mentor" in an effort to bring the project back to a controlled state.
Good luck with your project. I hope that James is able to weigh in- as management professionals go, he is one that I highly respect.
1.What is your view of IT (Information Technology)?
I think that we are still trying to understand IT as a service to promote business objectives. Business, I think, still tends to exclude IT from the strategy table and that is not good. IT can support business more effectively when they have a clear understanding of strategic goals.
2.What percentage of the company's (or division's) budget is spent on IT issues?
I do not know. This is not information I am privy to. Also, IT issues is a very broad question- it implies that it encompasses active projects in addition to day to day maintenance.
3.How has the role of IT changed over the past decade?
We have moved from a position in which we were regarded as THE solution to being a service provider. Business is no longer willing to see us beyond the place we should take as SMEs for the purpose of facilitating business objectives.
4.How will, or how must, the role of IT change in the future?
We must not forget that we exist to facilitate business strategy. To that end we must take a more active place at the planning table. We need to help business understand what technology is capable of delivering to further strategic goals.
It is also to us to help business understand peripheral issues- safeguarding data, disaster recovery... things that can be solved through appropriate technology but not as readily apparent to business strategy. We need to create holistic systems that provide the protections that business needs and enable business to meet goals.
5.How does the company (or division) manage knowledge?
This is an area that needs work. Too many data repositiories and insufficient indexing for retreival are some of the stumbling stones.
6.How do you use risk management?
Risk management pertaining to? On projects, we use a red/yellow/green risk scorecard. There are other types of risk in the enterprise and are managed differently.
7.How does the company use risk management?
See above. Risk scoring provides a tool by which the executive level can see status. When a project goes yellow, it generally will be assigned a "mentor" in an effort to bring the project back to a controlled state.
Good luck with your project. I hope that James is able to weigh in- as management professionals go, he is one that I highly respect.
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