Platinum Projects Stay Funded

Credit Suisse CIO Karl Landert was recently appointed to the company's executive board and reports to the CEO. He shares insights into steering the IT ship using flexibility and agility in staffing, while ensuring that the highest priority / value projects in the portfolio remain properly funded. ...

... "By and large projects that are on our radar screen as prioritized -- or platinum projects, as we name them -- have not been affected. We have gone through the same process we go through every year, which is that the demand and appetite for new things is much higher than we are prepared to fund ... " ...

Via Wall Street & Technology: Credit Suisse CIO

Project Financials

Expect to collaborate more with your counterparts in finance to review in-flight projects for cancellation and to develop more creative ways to finance new investments. ...

... "There is a different style of IT project evolving. People are looking for the cash implications to be less onerous on the business, but that doesn’t mean that they are shelving projects. " ...

Via Accountancy Age: Funding IT

Innovation: Influence of Relationships Survey

Survey delves into influence of relationships on innovation process. ...

... "Some data suggests that the quality of the relationships with decision-makers in a given organization may influence whether ideas are advanced (e.g., funded for the first time). The purpose of this study is to investigate whether this is indeed the case. " ...

Via Univ of Penn Wharton School: Survey on Idea Advancement for Knowledge