Joe Kraus, former senior VP and CIO, IntelsatKraus uses standard office productivity tools for prioritizing and tracking the IT portfolio and communicating its status. Intelsat is a midsize company with 2004 revenue of $1.04 billion, so Kraus likes to keep things simple. “One of the things I’m trying to do is get rid of stuff,” Kraus says. “Bringing in an enterprise tool that everybody uses wouldn’t be a prudent thing to do at this time.” Kraus’s team talked about building an online tool so that all the VPs could see the status of projects in the portfolio; he decided that such a tool was unnecessary. “I’m not General Motors,” Kraus says. “I can walk down to the office of any VP and have a conversation.”Walter Weir, CIO, University of NebraskaFor the past six years, Weir has used a portfolio management tool from ProSight that gives him a dashboard view of his IT portfolio. “The tool takes information that used to be in the black box—and was often misunderstood—and makes it so that it can be very quickly displayed, so you can have a meaningful conversation with your senior administrators,” Weir says. “They look at the dashboard and say, ‘That’s an awfully big yellow bubble. What’s happening there?’” Weir has built a prototype showing how the university could use the tool—and the portfolio management approach—to prioritize and track progress toward broad strategic initiatives that reach far beyond IT. For example, he says, “the University of Nebraska should provide the opportunity for Nebraskans to enjoy a better life through access to high-quality higher education.” Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP When natural disasters strike Japan, Ōita University’s EDiSON is ready to act With the technology and assistance of SAP and Zynas Corporation, Ōita University built an emergency-response collaboration tool named EDiSON that helps the Japanese island of Kyushu detect and mitigate natural disasters. By Michael Kure, SAP Contributor Dec 07, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by BMC BMC on BMC: How the company enables IT observability with BMC Helix and AIOps The goals: transform an ocean of data and ultimately provide a stellar user experience and maximum value. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 3 mins IT Leadership brandpost Sponsored by BMC The data deluge: The need for IT Operations observability and strategies for achieving it BMC Helix brings thousands of data points together to create a holistic view of the health of a service. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 4 mins IT Leadership how-to How to create an effective business continuity plan A business continuity plan outlines procedures and instructions an organization must follow in the face of disaster, whether fire, flood, or cyberattack. Here’s how to create a plan that gives your business the best chance of surviving such an By Mary K. Pratt, Ed Tittel, Kim Lindros Dec 07, 2023 11 mins Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe