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CIO Certification Series 2010
Training for Future CIOs
The CIO Certification Series 2010 is a 5-week training program developed for aspiring (and existing) CIOs and CTOs. In the 5 sessions of this program, participants will discover the ins-and-outs of the CIO role and learn valuable tools and techniques for strategic planning, positioning, managing operations, and managing resources and budgets.
The CIO Certification Series 2010 sessions are held at 1:00 pm and end at 4:00 pm on Friday Afternoons. TAG members save $200. The cost for all five sessions is $1,700 (TAG Price is $1,500).
This program is instructed by Don Amoroso of Kennesaw State University. Dr. Amoroso has conducted seminars in innovation, creativity, project management, technology commercialization, leadership, and implementation for innovation technologies.
Program Dates
- July 16 Positioning the CIO
- July 23 Strategic Planning
- July 30 Managing Operations
- August 6 IS Resources and Budgets
- August 13 IS Architecture
Registration
- 5 Week Training Series - Register Here
- Other program benefits. Attendees will hear stories and advice from real CIOs during class sessions and at one CIO Roundtable program.
Agenda
DAY 1 Positioning the CIO
- Where is the IS organization headed?
- Realizing benefits of information technology
- Different elements of the CIO
- Managing IS processes in the organization
- The CIO’s roles and responsibilities
- Themes for the CIO
- Organizational issues to be addressed by CIOs
- Expectations of the CIO
- Leadership Innovation
DAY 2: Strategic Planning
- Why planning is so difficult
- Establishing credibility and fostering change
- The CIO as a change agent
- Establishing an IS governance structure
- Creating a vision of the future and selling it
- Planning for IT-enabled collaboration and knowledge work
- Managing IT-enabled processes
- Reengineering
- Planning approaches
- Eight planning techniques
DAY 3: Managing Operations
- Managing corporate information resources
- Managing telecommunications
- Managing partnership-based IT operations
- Managing applications development
- Managing help desk functions
- Managing new technologies (highlight)
- Managing Internet-based systems
- Managing information security
- Managing people
- Measuring system results
DAY 4: IS Resources and Budgets
- Planning for IT investments
- Strategic view of making investments in technology
- Targeting technology investments
- Managing the budget
- Prioritizing budget projects
- Addressing project risks
- Monthly and quarterly budget management
- Managing operations
- Equipment replacement
DAY 5: IS Architecture
- Developing and managing the IT architecture
- Developing corporate policies for distributed systems
- Defining the overall IT architecture
- Inter-organizational IT architecture modeling and design
- Corporate IT infrastructure in the digital economy
- Managing enterprise systems
- Measuring quality systems
