CIO Survival Guide
Articles by Bob Lewis
CIO Survival Guide
The hard truth of IT metrics
Want to survive as CIO? You’ll need metrics. But not just any metrics. Here’s a quick guide.
CIO Survival Guide
The CIO’s missing priority
Directing decision-maker-awareness to the right targets is a key skill for CIO success. Investment risks that pit information security vs. information technology prove the point.
Opinion
The hard truth about lifecycle management
Lifecycle management should head off crises in the making but doesn’t. Instead, consider ‘version currency management’ and stave off catastrophe by being tactical about keeping systems current.
Opinion
The CIO’s no-bull guide to effective IT
Building effective IT 101: Looking to run a successful 21st century, digital-ready IT organization? Here’s an overview on how to pull it all together.
Opinion
The savvy CIO’s secret weapon: Your IT team
Building effective IT 101: When building an effective IT organization, nothing matters as much as the humans who get IT’s work done.
Opinion
11 lies CIOs will tell themselves in 2022
Self-deception thy role is chief information officer. Here’s what you’re likely to be fooling yourself about the year ahead.
Opinion
The secret art of technical architecture improvement
Building effective IT 101: Now that you know what you have in your technical architecture, and how good (or not-so-good) it is, you’re ready to plan for its improvement.
Opinion
Evaluating technical architecture: 11 key criteria and how to apply them
Building effective IT 101: Knowing what you have is a good first step. But knowing whether what you have is what you ought to have is a different matter.
Opinion