STRATEGIC IT PLANNING

Most Effective CIO's Strategy for Strategic IT Planning

Most effective CIO's strategy for strategic IT planning

If the best-laid plans oft go astray, can we expect any better of plans that try to predict a company's growth, competitive landscape, work processes and technology requirements three to five years from now? Those are the ambitious goals of IT strategic plans? (Webster 1986) plans that are frequently threatened with obsolescence by technology changes and economic upheaval before the ink even dries. (Shelly 1999)

Many CIOs apparently have responded to those forces of chaos by throwing in the towel on strategic planning: A 2002 Cutter ...