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CIO Summit Series 2009
CIO Summit Series 2009
The CIO Summit Series 2009 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 Summit Series 2009 sessions are held o at 1:00 pm and end at 4:00 pm. 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.
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
