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CMIS 431 - Lesson 10
By Sachin Narayan April 22, 2016 - 10:32am Comments (1)In this lesson the topic is about managing, developing talent as well as being a good leader. To do this IT must focus on developing their capabilities. Following the framework that (McKeen and Smith) provides steps in developing capabilities. The...CMIS 431 - Lesson 9
By Sachin Narayan April 17, 2016 - 8:28pm Comments (1)In this lesson the topic is about outsourcing and partnership. Companies are realizing that they must concentrate on their core business to help the organization grow and have IT help with this process. Identified IT Core business functions bring...CMIS 431 - Lesson 8
By Sachin Narayan April 11, 2016 - 11:43amThis lesson explains technology – enabled innovation and the factors that businesses must consider when they are planning innovation. There are two innovation types, Sustaining and Disruptive. With sustaining innovation the goal is to improve...CMIS 431 - Lesson 7
By Sachin Narayan April 8, 2016 - 9:41amThe topic for lesson 7 was communication and the importance of having good communication lines open between IT and the business. Having good communication between IT and the business provides transparency between the two groups and helps align IT...CMIS 431 - Lesson 6
By Sachin Narayan April 5, 2016 - 9:23amIn lesson 6 the discussion was about risk and how to have procedures in place to mitigate those risks. The first step in creating procedures is to assess what types of risk the organizations can be exposed to internally and externally. An...CMIS 431 - Lesson 5
By Sachin Narayan March 31, 2016 - 11:50amThe value and the significance of IT governance are examined in this lesson. For IT governance to effective it must have collaboration in the organization between executives on the board and senior level management. The board must be involved with...CMIS 431 - Lesson 4
By Sachin Narayan March 27, 2016 - 7:30pmThe future planning for IT involves processes linked to information technology expenditures and investment. Many IT projects do not get approved due to managers of IT not presenting the information about the project in a business manner or...CMIS 431 - Lesson 3
By Sachin Narayan March 23, 2016 - 11:05amHow does IT add value to a business? How to measure the value? These are the questions that businesses have to ask themselves when they are investing in IT. There are no standard methods that have been developed to assess the value that IT gives...CMIS 431 - Lesson 2
By Sachin Narayan March 22, 2016 - 10:35amBudgeting is an extensive part of an organizations planning. Budgets help organizations to determine where they must invest money to help them grow and where they can scale back to save on costs and expenses.Budgeting is a long and time intense...CMIS 431 Lesson 1
By Sachin Narayan February 16, 2016 - 6:01pmLesson1 Throughout the years, the role of the IT manager has evolved from being a more technical position to a strategic management role. In the early years the role of an IS was an educated technician that would mange data processing. In...
