CIO to go: IT strategy for small business

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36833003773135759112011-04-21T18:29:35.448-05:00CIO to go: IT strategy for small businessStruggling Authornoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683300377313575911.post-22973531835314126402008-07-26T10:12:00.005-05:002008-07-30T10:07:09.263-05:00Create Strategic Guidelines - IT Strategy ABC's (3/5)

Today's discussion involves how one will use IT to enact one's business goals. In short, once we know what we have and why its important, we now decide how to enhance the value of what we have or decide if we need something more. This concept is best explained by way of example.In my current organization, our sales department has a mission-critical task of deciding which of our products best fits

Struggling Authornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683300377313575911.post-24707716948252935302008-06-25T17:42:00.004-05:002008-07-08T14:47:39.519-05:00Build strategic focus for IT use - IT Strategy ABC's (2 of 5)

Welcome to part 2 of IT Strategy ABC's. Today's focus is on strategic focus. The more I read about IT planning and design, the more chagrined I become at hearing the same thing from many different authors - small businesses are not paying attention!It appears that we, as IT professionals, have failed to adequately communicate how important information technology strategy is to ALL businesses. I

Struggling Authornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683300377313575911.post-26386304875769490762008-06-24T15:28:00.004-05:002008-06-24T16:39:42.215-05:005-step IT Strategy ABC's (1 of 5)

In my next series of blog, I want to offer an introduction to the 5-step process I use to define and document a client's information technology strategy. Those five steps are:Assess existing technology (technology audit)Build strategic focus for IT use (How does IT support the business?)Create Strategic Guidelines: How do we use IT? What are the basic principles?Develop Architectures: What do

Struggling Authornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683300377313575911.post-63406561599777350192008-06-19T14:27:00.003-05:002008-06-19T15:02:25.235-05:00Why IT strategy matters

If my hunch is correct, most small businesses don't see the "forest for the trees" when it comes to understanding the role of information technology and its impact on their business. I don't want to imply that small business owners are incapable of strategic thinking. Quite the contrary, because we don't have the resources available to us as larger corporations do, we have to be quite ingenious

Struggling Authornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683300377313575911.post-15633140543092674572008-06-06T12:25:00.006-05:002008-06-11T21:16:33.576-05:00What does a CIO really do?

For the millions of small businesses in the U.S., an Information Technology (IT) strategy could possibly be the shot in the arm they need to increase credibility, generate sales, create brand awareness, or develop their product or service. However, it's been my experience that too many get caught in what I call "fire-fighting" mode. It's that mode where the business is moving eternally from one

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