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CIO Certification Series

CIO Certification Series 2012

Training for Future CIOs 


The CIO Certification Series  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. Attendees will hear stories and advice from real CIOs during class sessions and at one CIO Roundtable program. 

The CIO Certification Series 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.

 

Call Amanda Shook at 404-920-2023 to reserve your space today!

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Atlanta Winter Dates 

  • February 3 - February 24

 

Atlanta Summer Dates 

  • TBA


Agenda

Day 1: Positioning the CIO (Feb 3, Friday, 1:00 – 5:00 pm)
•  Where is the IS organization headed?
•  Realizing benefits of information technology 
•  The Changing Role of the CIO
•  The CEO and the CIO
•  Themes for the CIO
•  Project Support
•  The CIO Leadership Profile
•  CIO and Change
•  The New CIO: Preparing for IT Leadership
•  CIO as Innovation-Process Champion
 
Day 2: Strategic Planning (Feb 10, Friday, 1:00 – 5:00 pm)
•  Five tasks of strategic management
•  Creating a strategic vision
•  Generic strategies  
•  Five forces model / analyzing the competitive forces
•  Value chain analysis
•  Competitive strength assessment
•  Key success factors / core competencies 
•  Strategic group mapping

•  SWOT analysis

•  Blue Ocean Strategy Tools
•  CIO Challenges: Preparing for IT Leaders
 
Day 3: Managing Projects (February 17, Friday, 1:00 – 5:00 pm)
•  Outsourcing and offshoring
•  Issues in system development
•  Preparing for IT leadership
•  Dealing with risk in IT projects
•  Prioritizing budget projects
•  CIO as Innovation-Process Champion
 
Day 4: Managing Issues in CIO World (February 24, Friday, 1:00 – 5:00 pm)
•  Planning for IT investments
•  Strategic view of making investments in technology
•  Targeting technology investments
•  Managing the budget
•  Defining the overall IT architecture
•  Inter-organizational IT architecture modeling and design
•  Managing enterprise systems
•  Managing cloud computing
•  Measuring quality systems – innovation and processes


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