{"id":99,"date":"2005-09-20T05:08:07","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T05:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/2005\/09\/20\/managing-it-as-a-business-a-survival-guide-for-ceos\/"},"modified":"2008-11-01T09:45:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T16:45:18","slug":"managing-it-as-a-business-a-survival-guide-for-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2005\/09\/20\/managing-it-as-a-business-a-survival-guide-for-ceos\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing IT as a Business: a Survival Guide for CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-99\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0471471046\/qid=1127218015\/sr=8-1\/ref=pd_bbs_1\/102-9495726-4240950?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;n=507846\" target=\"NewWindow\">Managing IT as a Business: a Survival Guide for CEOs<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>Author<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">: Mark D. Lutchen<\/span><\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>Hardcover<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">: 256 pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>Publisher<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">: John Wiley &amp; Sons (October 3, 2003)<\/span><\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>Language<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">: English<\/span><\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>ISBN<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">: 047147104<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">This book is a good overview of things a CIO should consider to make the CEO&#8217;s, and the company&#8217;s, life easier.  I scanned three images from the book to save because they felt important.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/businessvaluemeasuresforit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/05\/12\/the-getty-villa\/hermes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/hermes.jpg?fit=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"375,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hermes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/hermes.jpg?fit=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321 colorbox-99\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/businessvaluemeasuresforit.jpg?resize=450%2C251\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">These are example business value measures for IT given a type of technology investment.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/itmetricsoverview.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/05\/12\/the-getty-villa\/beardedmanbust\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/beardedmanbust.jpg?fit=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"375,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beardedmanbust\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/beardedmanbust.jpg?fit=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322 colorbox-99\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/itmetricsoverview.jpg?resize=450%2C278\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">This diagram indicates what audience should be interested in which set of metrics.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/itstandardscontinuum.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"323\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/05\/12\/the-getty-villa\/facade\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/facade.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"facade\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/facade.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-323 colorbox-99\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/itstandardscontinuum.jpg?resize=450%2C279\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Lastly, this diagram shows how standards work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Its interesting that all these diagrams show up at the end of the book; this book definitely builds from small beginnings to big conclusions.  It also stresses the importance of understanding where the money goes (IT spend), which is hard at most large companies, and then ways to manage that spend to provide value.  It also shows that the position of<br \/>\nthe CIO has moved from a technology position to a business position.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-99\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 99);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-99\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-99\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Managing IT as a Business: a Survival Guide for CEOs Author: Mark D. Lutchen Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: John Wiley &amp; Sons (October 3, 2003) Language: English ISBN: 047147104 This book is a good overview of things a CIO should consider to make the CEO&#8217;s, and the company&#8217;s, life easier. 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