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What is data governance? Best practices for managing data assets

CIO Business Intelligence

Programs must define accountabilities in a manner that introduces checks-and-balances between business and technology teams, and between those who create/collect information, those who manage it, those who use it, and those who introduce standards and compliance requirements.

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Best Practice vs. Lesson Learned

Future of CIO

BEST PRACTICES are a set of guidelines, ethics or ideas that represent the best way of doing something. Best Practice is something you should do, but Lesson learned helps you learn what not to do. Whether you have done it before or not, someone else has and they came up with some thoughts on how to handle it.

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IT Governance Principles: Is Simplicity the Key?

Future of CIO

Do not follow IT service management framework blindly but adopt a process that is less cumbersome, allows nimble movement and integrates request, analysis, implementation using a prioritization and resource/budget triaging process that is transparent. It all depends upon the complexity, size, and maturity of the business.

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"CIO Master" Book Tuning XXXVIIII: Three IT Management Dilemmas

Future of CIO

Dealing with IT Management dilemmas is about how to leverage, balance, innovate and improve overall IT and business maturity. Managing a highly effective IT is not an easy job, and improving IT maturity is even harder.

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The CIO’s Journey: Transactional IT vs. Transformational IT

Future of CIO

Poor cost/budgeting? Inadequate portfolio management? A Transformation needs strategic guideline & policy. A Transaction needs plans, budgets, and designs detail steps. - Lack of true partners instead of contractually-bound inflexible suppliers? Lack of charisma? Lack of business-savvy? Poor IT governance?

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Key Differences Every IT Professional Must Know: ITIL 2011 vs. ITILv3

Galido

The Major activities supported by ITIL 2011 for design coordination are: Maintain the standards, guidelines, policies, models, budgets, capabilities and resources. This phase also ensures the modifications to facilities and the service management processes that are correctly coordinated and structured. Conclusion.

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Five Reasons CIO Falls into Scapegoat

Future of CIO

CIO is the most visible person managing such risks. However, it should be the whole leadership failure: Board Responsibility : Board Members are still not setting top-level policies and reviews of security budgets to help protect against breaches and mitigate financial losses.

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