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CMIS431 - Lesson 10 - Managing Talent
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 5:29pmLesson 10 - Managing Talent Q1. 9 core IT capabilities. • Leadership--ensure the IT org. aligns with biz purpose & activities. • Biz systems thinking--envision the biz processes made possible through...
CMIS431 - Lesson 9 - Vendor Partnering
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 5:15pmLesson 9 - Vendor Partnering Q1 What risks associated with IT outsourcing do org's face? Management complacency is the main danger in IT outsourcing. Thinking that they have a h&le on outsourcing, IT managers could fail...
CMIS 431 - Lesson 8 - Leading Technology-Enabled Innovation
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 4:58pmLesson 8 - Leading Technology-Enabled Innovation Strategic IT experimentation are a series of trial & error changes pursued along various dimensions of strategy, over a relatively short period of time, in an effort to identify &...
CMIS431 - Lesson 7 - Building strong IT - Business
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 4:44pmLesson 7- Building strong IT-Biz Q. 1 Good IT biz communication is essential for the following reasons • It is an important foundation for a strong IT-biz relationship. • It helps to set appropriate...
CMIS431 - Lesson 6 - IT risk
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 4:32pmLesson 6 - IT risk Q. 3 main sources of IT-based risk are the following: Internal Risk • Information risks • Process risks • Cultural risks • Controls • Governance External Risk...
CMIS431 - Lesson 5 - IT Governace
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 4:25pmLesson 5 - IT Governace Define IT governance “specifying the decision rights & accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in using IT” IT governance must answer the following Q.s. • What are...
CMIS431 - Lesson 4 - Planning Future of IT
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 4:14pmLesson 4 - Planning Future of IT technology roadmap provides external benefits (that is, benefits related to alignment with the biz) resulting in IT effectiveness: • achieving biz goals and reducing complexity •...
CMIS431 - Lesson 3 - Value of IT
By Inasal May 23, 2016 - 4:10pmLesson 3- Value of IT Carr argues that because IT is: a transport mechanism, highly replicable, & subject to sharp price deflation, it is an infrastructural technology & therefore will become commoditized to the...
CMIS431 - Lesson 2- Managing IT Costs
By Inasal May 21, 2016 - 3:40amCMIS431 - Lesson 2- Managing IT Costs
CMIS 431 - Lesson 1 - Role of CIO and IT Leadership
By Inasal May 21, 2016 - 3:38amThe very first lesson.Reason for selecting this course in the first place, is my keen interest in the complexity of IT com
