Transcript Questions for Discussion - The Institute for CIO Excellence

Questions for Discussion
For CIE course review
What is the most significant
(important) thing the CIO should be
doing?
What is the highest contribution s/he
can make to the company as the
CIO?
How important is it that the CIO has
a technical (IT) background?
How important is it that the CIO
keeps up with the latest technology
advances?
Which is more important:
• Knowing what to do
or
• How to do it?
How critical is corporate
political skill to the CIO’s
effectiveness? Why?
How critical is executive
leadership skill to the CIO’s
effectiveness? Why?
Do you agree with the statement made
by Steve Caldwell that what the CIO
does is figure out what behaviors need to
change to provide competitive strategic
advantage and then creates the IT
systems necessary to compel those
behavioral changes?
Justify your answer.
Why is that if IT Governance
and IT Alignment are both
done properly, they are
indistinguishable from each
other?
Why is it important to get the other
business leaders (other CXOs) to
take ownership of the major IT
initiatives in the company?
What are the downsides of doing
this?
What was valuable about the
“other cultures” lectures and
the international economics
lectures?
What else did we learn that was important?
– ERM?
– PMOs?
– Gartner Hype Cycle?
– Marketing?
– InfoSec?
– Others?