CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

Categorizing

All of the CIOs I know have their own way of clustering their work into categories in an effort to better track their world. First-time CIOs tend to create lists that are heavily imbalanced in favor of their background (infrastructure, software, business, etc.) with stubs inserted for areas in which they lack expertise. In most cases, these lists tend to lack critical components that the first-time CIO just doesn't see coming, or they remain blank in areas that the CIO fears to enter (e.g., budgets). Experienced CIOs typically have a method of organizing that is more aligned with their measures and/or deliverables. Specifically, you'll see a list that separates repetitive, ongoing tasks from major projects—with the major projects ...