Chapter 8. The Path Forward
In December 2007, CIO Magazine surveyed 250 Chief Information Officers (CIOs) from a variety of businesses and asked them what their top 10 priorities were for 2008. The results of this survey were nothing short of depressing. The reason is simple: the top seven of the 10 priorities are all fundamentally misguided. The chances of successfully addressing any of these issues using current approaches have virtually no chance of success.
What are these doomed priorities? According to CIO Magazine, the number one priority is “Improving alignment with business objectives.” This was mentioned by 60 percent of all CIOs (which was almost twice as much as the next most mentioned priority). Ironically, this is the goal that these ...
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