Patrick Gray

Breakthrough It

Supercharging Organizational Value Through Technology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Unlock the secret to creating maximum business value from technology

Filled with case studies from leading C-level executives to illustrate concepts discussed, Breakthrough IT is a revolutionary approach to reshaping the corporate information technology function. This innovative, step-by-step guide provides concrete methods every business can implement to yield maximum value and competitive advantage from their IT organization.

Patrick Gray (Harrison, NY) is the founder and President of the Prevoyance Group, an IT strategy consultancy that combines project management and process improvement to ensure large IT departments deliver maximum organizational value.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14512484000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 162mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9780470124840
• ISBN-10: 0470124849
• Artikelnr.: 22702522

Autorenporträt

Patrick Gray is the founder and President of the Prevoyance Group Inc., a company that focuses on providing IT strategy consulting, with past clients including Gillette, Pitney Bowes, OfficeMax, and several other Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. His recent work has focused on international projects, and he has led implementations for foreign subsidiaries of several U.S. companies. He has published several articles and has been quoted numerous times in major publications such as the New York Times, InfoWorld, Project Manager Today, CIO India, American Way, and Business 2.0.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Hell Freezes Over: IT Becomes a Key Component of Your
Organizational Strategy. Why do you Need Breakthrough IT? The Triple
Threat. Hell Freezes Over: IT Enables Strategy. 2. Up Periscope! Ending The
Focus On Continuing Operations. A Brief History of IT. Shifting the Focus:
Moving IT from Service Provider to Strategic Asset. Calling Sherlock
Holmes: Finding Continuing Operations. Changing the Source: What to Do with
Continuing Operations. 3. ET Phone Home: Stop Talking IT and Start Talking
Strategy. Free at Last. Separating Process from Technology. Where the
Rubber Meets the Road: Partnering with the CEO. Talking the Talk. C-Suite
Conversations: Greg Buoncontri, CIO of Pitney Bowes. 4. Clear the Benches:
Take Your IT Shop From Dysfunction to Dynamo. Hiring (and Firing) the Right
People. Continually Improving the Skills of your People. Meaningfully
Evaluating Your People. 5. Milking the Cow: Turn Your IT Project Portfolio
into a Cash Cow. Developing a Project Investment Mix. The PASRBRTKO:
Project Analyzing, Selecting, Risk-assessing, Budgeting, Returns Tracking
and Killing Office. What the PMO is NOT. 6. Show Me the Money: Controlling
a Project by the Numbers. The Right Stuff: Determining What to Measure.
Managing to the Metrics. Beyond the Numbers: The "Gut Check". Delivering
the Goods. 7. Pushing Water Uphill: Driving Organizational Change from the
C-Suite. What is "Change Management". The Role of the CIO in Change
Management. The Role of the CEO in Change Management. Change Management at
the Line Level. Influencing Change 101. The End of Business as Usual.
C-Suite Conversations: Bridget Reiss and Kathy Allen, CIO and CFO of
Millipore Corporation. 8. Cashing In The Chips: When To Cancel A Project.
My Little Runaway. The Project Killers. Setting Failure Criteria. When the
Going Gets Tough -- Warning signs. Broaching the Topic of Cancellation.
Cancelling Well. Closing Time. 9. Be Superman (Or Wonder Woman): Coming In
Late To A Struggling Shop. Arriving on the Scene. Tackling the Project
Portfolio. Turning the Wheel: Making the Leap to Breakthrough IT. C-Suite
Conversations: Phil Stunt, Vice President, IT International, CA. 10.
Capitalizing on Success. Building Momentum. Beyond Breakthrough IT. The
Future of the CIO Role. In Closing. Index. Chapter Ten Executive Summary.

Rezensionen

"Argumentationshilfe für eine strategische Neupositionierung der IT-Abteilung und des CIOs. Patrick Gray rät CIOs, sich von ihrer Technikerrolle zu lösen und sich auf Projekte zu konzentrieren, die messbar zum Unternehmenserfolg und zum Wachstum beitragen...Das Buch ist klar aufgebaut und bietet zu jedem Kapitel Checklisten und Zusammenfassungen." (Managementkompass, Broschüre mit dem Titel: Wachstumstreiber Technologie, 2008)