Project Visibility

Federal CIO makes progress with government IT strategy, enabling data and project visibility through dashboards. ...

... "And the recently launched federal IT Dashboard--a display of IT project status that corporations would do well to mimic--has not only given the public visibility into the performance of Uncle Sam's big-ticket IT projects, but put agency CIOs on notice that execution matters. " ...

Via InformationWeek: Vivek Kundra

Business Intelligence in Sailing Application

Sailing is known for its leverage of technology in boat design. Here's neat application of business intelligence integration (courtesy of SAP) with external services to drive dashboard visualizations and track performance in the race, the 2009 SAP 5O5 World Championship. ...

... "Business Objects business intelligence (BI) solutions will help competing teams develop their strategy, evaluate results at the end of each racing day and use that insight to hone their strategy for the next leg of the race. " ...

Via SAP: 2009 SAP 5O5 World Sailing Championship

CFO CIO Collaboration

How best to bridge the gap between CFO and CIO perspectives? Well-written business cases. Balance of tangible and business-relevant measures. A functioning governance process. Staffed governing council(s). A business-savvy IT strategic story. What else? ...

... "ROI doesn't always capture the true value of an IT project, but CFOs pretty much insist on some sort of ROI calculation. Suggesting other sorts of metrics that measure the full impact of a technology rollout might get the CFO in the CIO's corner. " ...

Via CIOZone Forum, Discussion Thread: Collaboration Mechanism across CIO/CTO/CFO

Dashboard Transparency

Expect increased transparency in IT from the current administration, with fresh-look CIO dashboard ready for updated content. ...

... "A few days later at the Management of Change conference in Norfolk, Va., Kundra publicly unveiled the IT dashboard, surprising and exciting both CIOs and vendors alike. " ...

Via Federal News Radio: CIO dashboard

When to Pull Project Plug

CIO needs insight on the projects in the IT portfolio and whether pulling the plug is necessary. Ways to accomplish that are stage-gate or toll-gate framework, scoping for time to value, and dashboards. ...

... "the company has established a gate process in which each project stage has a set of requirements that are established and assessed by gatekeepers who evaluate whether projects should proceed ... " ...

IT Projects