CIO Wisdom: Best Practices from Silicon Valley's Leading IT Experts
By, Lane, Dean
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Class No.: 658.4038 LAN
Accession No.: 012060
Year: 2004
Pagination: 412p.

This is the practical survival guide for every CIO and IT manager who is fighting the battle to do more with less. It covers everything from budgeting and measuring, to planning, sourcing, and architecture. Each chapter is introduced with a real-life story that shows how the common themes that have emerged from each author's unique experiences are related. The critical skills that every IT manager needs to master are covered in detail with real-life insights and practical examples. Whether your IT organization is wrestling with outsourcing maintenance issues, or critical infrastructure problems, the solutions you need can be found in this book.
This book has following silent features:

• Focuses on the business drivers that impact the IT function!
• Explains the top ten measurements that are critical to IT success!
• Shows how to set priorities when infrastructure costs are rising and resources are limited!

The authors' profits from this book will support a scholarship program for underprivileged students planning IT careers.