Project Oversight, an Essential Ingredient

CFO has skin in the game, vendor contract has penalty clauses, and oversight / steering team is asking questions. Positioned for success if executed well. ...

... "Tuesday's hearing was the first for the Legislature's IT oversight committee since March 2008. " ...

Via Forbes: CFO's $81M IT project

Business Intelligence Projects: Pick Sponsor Wisely

Business intelligence projects are popular and fairly straightforward to get approved at governance. However, survey data shows that being selective about sponsorship is critical to BI success. Choose your sponsor and steering team wisely, should you receive the nod for investment. ...

... "What raised the red flag for Burton, however, was that 40% of those polled said their business intelligence projects were owned by lower-level business executives. That isn't ideal, Burton said, because that group tends to have tactical rather than strategic roles ... " ...

Business intelligence projects fail without C-level ownership