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Wall Street & Technology
March 22, 2005
Gil Makleff |
Making the CIO's Role Viable Managing hundreds of IT projects is no easy task, but strategies such as project portfolio management (PPM) can ease the burden on CIOs.   |
CIO
October 28, 2013 |
Good Governance Is a Make-or-Break Factor for IT CIOs say that governance rules will ensure that IT initiatives are transparent, efficiently managed and provide maximum business impact. |
CIO
June 15, 2004
Jeanne Ross & Peter Weill |
Recipe for Good Governance MIT research has found that good IT governance leads to better return on assets for companies. But what makes for good governance? Here are the ingredients. |
CIO
May 1, 2003
Todd Datz |
How to Do It Right - Portfolio Management Portfolio management is a tool with clear benefits, among them a holistic view of IT projects across the enterprise and the alignment of IT with corporate strategy. But it isn't easy. We've found some portfolio managers willing to share their secrets. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Mercury Offers New Project Options to CIOs The business technology optimization software vendor expands its IT governance software with dashboards, scorecards and other project-tracking tools. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 5, 2004
Weill & Ross |
Ten Principles of IT Governance You've invested heavily in technology, but where is the payoff? This excerpt from the new book IT Governance distills keys to creating greater value from IT. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 6, 2006
Leslie Kramer |
CIO Challenge: IT Portfolio Management CIOs at financial services firms constantly are looking for ways to run their IT departments more efficiently. But figuring out a way to measure the benefits of IT portfolio management is not always obvious. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 29, 2004
Jonathan Weitz |
PPM: A Master Plan for Agility Imagine you are the CIO of a financial-services company that is merging with a competitor. After some investigation, you uncover an inventory of thousands of homegrown applications. |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Marvin Balliet |
Getting the Twain to Meet A Merrill Lynch CFO offers four tried-and-true tools for establishing common business and technology goals. |
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2004
Kristi Nelson |
Bristol West Moves to PPM The insurance company turned to project portfolio management (PPM) to track IT projects in real time and ensure they are aligned to core business goals. |
CIO
April 1, 2004
Susan H. Cramm |
Managing IT Demand 101 Some IT professionals still haven't learned to work with the business to manage demand for IT services |
InternetNews
December 16, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Microsoft Adds Portfolio to Project Redmond plans to buy a portfolio management firm to expand its own project management software. |
CIO
October 15, 2003
Martha Heller |
Portfolio Management A take on the nagging question that lurks within the consciousness of most CIOs: How do I know I'm working on the right projects? |
CIO
July 16, 2010 |
Team Up for Business Value In this CIO 100 Award-winning initiative, Hess CIO Jeff Steinhorn created metrics and governance with vendors to boost outsourcing value. |
CFO
July 2003
Krass & Verity |
A More Perfect Union? A IT "governance" may enable companies to drive technology strategy, not just steer it. |
CIO
October 1, 2001
Scott Berinato |
Do the Math Learn how a 50-year-old technique is helping CIOs align IT and manage its value. Understand why portfolio management gives CIOs a stronger voice at the executive level. Learn why IT is no longer special -- and why you should be glad... |
Global Services
October 31, 2008
Mike Beals |
Governance Tools Can be a Game Changer A successful outsourcing initiative requires the implementation of a disciplined outsourcing lifecycle methodology. To make this methodology work, both the customer and the service provider must together design an approach to govern the relationship using the right governance tools and guidelines |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Daniel Kaufmann |
Back to Basics--10 Myths About Governance and Corruption The challenge of governance and anticorruption confronting the world today strongly argues against business-as-usual. A bolder approach is needed. The rich world must not only deliver on its aid and trade liberalization promises, it must also lead by example. |
CIO
June 1, 2005
Levinson & Pastore |
Seeing Is Believing Three case studies demonstrate how service-level agreements, chargeback and the Balanced Scorecard help create transparency and better align IT with the business. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Chris Gattenio |
SLAs, Governance and Relationship Management Innovative organizations are implementing strong governance models and effective relationship management strategies in today's finance and accounting outsourcing arrangements. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 28, 2009
Alnoor Ebrahim |
Improving Accountability at the World Bank Its legitimacy and effectiveness on the line, the World Bank faces criticism from its constituents and the civil society organizations that serve them. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Donald B. Trone |
The Practical Fiduciary The steps required to create a fiduciary practice are similar to those of the financial planning process. Here's how to get started. |
HRO Today
September 2008
Atul Vashistha |
Good Governance Is Critical Supporting your global initiative with the three pillars of strategic, functional, and project governance is critical to outsourcing success. |
CIO
May 1, 2003
Lorraine Cosgrove Ware |
Manage IT as a Portfolio Portfolio management compares technology investments in terms of risk and payoff to the business and then helps you prioritize investments accordingly. Survey results show that CIOs who practice IT portfolio management get a higher value from their IT dollars. |
National Defense
February 2014
Jay B. Stephens |
Companies Need Sound Governance In publicly-traded aerospace and defense companies, strong internal controls in an organization -- especially in business units far from the mother ship -- are essential to transparency and process fidelity. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Ronald Fink |
Numbers Crunch Think reporting has changed since Enron? Just wait. |
CIO
May 1, 2003
Richard Pastore |
The Case for Portfolio Management If CIOs would just look at the business case for portfolio management, maybe more of them would do it. |
Global Services
March 6, 2008 |
Enabling Better Business & IT Alignment What will set apart great business leaders is the ability to adapt to and manage change well. Here are some tips for selecting and managing multiple IT service providers |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004 |
Readers Respond: For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 An Effective Response? Readers submit opposing views on the topic of "internal controls." |
CIO
May 1, 2004
Richard Pastore |
Visible Courage CIOs needn't fear the full exposure transparency offers -- in the end, you find, the business appreciates being told the truth. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Nsouli & Le Gall |
The New International Financial Architecture and Africa African countries have made progress on various elements of the new architecture, but more work is needed---in particular, to enhance transparency and accountability, implement standards and codes, and strengthen financial systems. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 10, 2003 |
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? Readers respond: Legislation is a problematic way to achieve the golden mean in normative behavior... Investors are always free to vote on the adequacy of a company's financial transparency with their dollars... The more transparency there is, the better... etc. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2005
Jim Wagner |
IBM Adds More to Rational Portfolio IBM works to get its Rational Portfolio Manager 6.2 integrated to rest of the Rational line. |
CFO
December 2003
Teach & Goff |
Analyze This The fundamentals of portfolio management are being applied to corporate technology assets. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 24, 2003
Jim Heskett |
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? Transparency in financial accounting: are we addressing symptoms or causes? |
CIO
September 15, 2002
Christopher Koch |
The Powers That Should Be IT decisions have to reflect the goals of the business and engage the attention of the business, often without the participation or even the interest of the business. Sound hard? It is. But here's what you can do to make it easier. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002 |
Picture This How corruption holds countries back |
InternetNews
May 3, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Mercury Refreshes SOX Tools As the annual rash of compliance deadlines looms, Mercury Interactive updates its IT governance software. |
CIO
August 15, 2003
Alice Dragoon |
Deciding Factors A strong, efficient governance process is practically the definition of resourcefulness. Put these governance practices to work to maximize the value of your IT projects and processes. |
Wall Street & Technology
July 7, 2009
Melanie Rodier |
Wall Street Adjusts to Transparency Demands Calls for transparency from regulators, investors and even financial firms aren't about to subside anytime soon. Technology is key to helping Wall Street respond. |
IDB America
February 2006 |
IDB Supports Improvement of Public Financial Management in Argentina The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $500 million loan to Argentina to support a sector program to increase effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of public financial management. |
