Summary of top 7 Chief Information Officer (CIO's) Priorities

CIOs are focused on several key priorities to navigate their enterprise through rapidly evolving technology landscape and competing business imperatives. These priorities reflect the need for CIOs to be adaptable and forward-thinking to succeed and communicate with their C-Suite/boards.

CXO

3/10/2013

Chief Information Officers (CIO) of leading enterprises IOs play a pivotal role in shaping an organization’s digital future and driving innovation.

Based on personal experience working with few enterprises, here are top 7 ordered priorities. The order does change based on industry, enterprise & where in economic cycle their marketplace is.

  1. Align to business functionality

  2. Achieve the agility that enterprise needs

  3. Mitigate risk

  4. Raise performance levels

  5. Stay ahead of the curve

  6. Find right balance between cost, quality, and speed

  7. Technology Spend & Sprawl Reduction