The CIO Playbook: Strategies and Best Practices for IT Leaders to Deliver Value

by N.R. Colisto

As our economy shifts from recession to recovery, our current economic climate is ripe for transformation. CIOs are in a unique position to leverage technology in order to drive innovation and boost business growth. The CIO Playbook is the handy desk reference for CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, and up and coming leaders, revealing a dynamic seven-step framework ( Partner – Organize – Innovate – Deliver – Support – Protect – Grow ) that will guide you in making essential changes to your organization. The proven strategies, tools, and techniques in The CIO Playbook make it the ultimate "how-to" resource for creating a high-performance IT organization that delivers value-added products and services to employees, customers, and shareholders. Author Nicholas Colisto provides solutions to the issues that concern business leaders and IT practitioners, Featuring online templates for each of the seven steps described in the book, The CIO Playbook can help you transform your IT department from a mere order taker to a high-performance organization that delivers extraordinary business outcomes, despite this era of turbulent economic challenges.

Genres: Business

240 pages, Hardcover

First published August 7, 2012

Reviews

[Sam Motes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Coilsto gives great advise on how to make IT a strategic partner with the rest of the business rather then a cost center service provider. His advice of not calling other business units your customers to avoid falling into the trap of being seen as an outsider is something that rings very true for me. As an IT Leader this is invaluable reading that helped justify many of the concepts of driving true business value out of IT I have absorbed over the years. A must read for fellow IT Leaders.

[Lew Sauder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good nuts and bolts summary of what a CIO should consider. Provides in depth detail in many areas