According to Tony Collins, the UK Government CIO Council will be asked, by the Cabinet Office, to approve an interim ICT strategy that looks fundamentally flawed before the ink is dry: a shotgun wedding strategy.
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New Government IT Strategy - fundamentally flawed?
Shotgun Wedding strategy for Government IT Tony Collins reports that UK Government CIO, John Suffolk has already bade farewell to his colleagues and friends. I hope he isn’t replaced with a new Chief Information Officer. Continue reading article » Personal Continuity Planning
 I was very pleased to contribute my views to this article in Computing magazine, by Gareth Morgan. My advice, intended for CIOs but equally relevant to other CxOs, focuses on keeping out of the crossfire, during a management shake-out. improving the integrity of IT investment proposals
 Why do operating budgets become heavily backloaded towards the past, rather than towards future opportunity? Because too many organizations prefer to base business cases for a proposed system on corporate accounting policies, instead of forecasting the true cost of ownership, thereby creating an increasing legacy of sunk costs for years to come. 30+ years experience of information technology and information systems Strong international experience, global management team player/ leader Worked with dozens of blue-chip clients as an independent consultant and interim IT Director/ IS DIrector/ CIO Top-level roles in Development, Programme Management, Service Delivery and Strategy Line management responsibility for 50 to 600+ staff Fellow of the Institute for the Continue reading article » |
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