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Reference no. 1007BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Project evaluation; Resource management
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Abstract

'The Adventures of an IT Leader' invites readers to 'walk in the shoes' of Jim Barton, the new CIO of the fictional IVK Corporation, as he spends a difficult year learning effective information technology leadership, sidestepping the pitfalls that make the CIO job the most volatile, high-turnover job in the business. Barton is asked to assess IT's current approach to resource allocation and propose improvements to increase return on investment. In IT, this means understanding and improving processes for figuring out which projects deserve investment. This chapter follows Barton as he considers the worthiness of a project to improve data security - and encounters unforeseen challenges along the way. This chapter is excerpted from 'The Adventures of an IT Leader'.
Teaching note
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Reference no. 8643
Subject category: Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2017
Version: 3 February 2017
Revision date: 6-Apr-2017
Length: 29 pages
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Teaching note
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Reference no. 8651
Subject category: Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2017
Version: 3 February 2017
Length: 21 pages
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 1000BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: IT management; Information technology; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 1001BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Leading teams; Leadership; IT management; CIO; Information technology
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 1002BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leadership; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1003BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 15 pages
Topics: Leading teams; IT management; Costs; CIO; Information technology
View full details
Book chapter
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Reference no. 1004BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Performance measurement
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1005BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Project management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1006BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Project evaluation
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1008BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 15 pages
Topics: Information technology; Board of directors; CIO; IT management; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1009BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Crisis management; IT management; Leading teams; Security
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1010BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Crisis management; IT management; Leading teams; Security
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1011BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 21 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Communication strategy; Crisis management; IT management; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1012BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 13 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Web technology; Social media
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1013BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Partners; Vendors
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1014BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Talent management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1015BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 10 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Standardization; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1016BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 12 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Innovation; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1017BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 10 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Risk management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1018BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 10 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Career advancement; IT management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1019BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 9 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams
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'The Adventures of an IT Leader' invites readers to 'walk in the shoes' of Jim Barton, the new CIO of the fictional IVK Corporation, as he spends a difficult year learning effective information technology leadership, sidestepping the pitfalls that make the CIO job the most volatile, high-turnover job in the business. Barton is asked to assess IT's current approach to resource allocation and propose improvements to increase return on investment. In IT, this means understanding and improving processes for figuring out which projects deserve investment. This chapter follows Barton as he considers the worthiness of a project to improve data security - and encounters unforeseen challenges along the way. This chapter is excerpted from 'The Adventures of an IT Leader'.

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Teaching note
-
Reference no. 8643
Subject category: Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2017
Version: 3 February 2017
Revision date: 6-Apr-2017
Length: 29 pages
View full details
Teaching note
-
Reference no. 8651
Subject category: Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2017
Version: 3 February 2017
Length: 21 pages
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1000BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: IT management; Information technology; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1001BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Leading teams; Leadership; IT management; CIO; Information technology
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1002BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leadership; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1003BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 15 pages
Topics: Leading teams; IT management; Costs; CIO; Information technology
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1004BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Performance measurement
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1005BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Project management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1006BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Project evaluation
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1008BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 15 pages
Topics: Information technology; Board of directors; CIO; IT management; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1009BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Crisis management; IT management; Leading teams; Security
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1010BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Crisis management; IT management; Leading teams; Security
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1011BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 21 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Communication strategy; Crisis management; IT management; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1012BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 13 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Web technology; Social media
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1013BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 17 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Partners; Vendors
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1014BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 19 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams; Talent management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1015BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 10 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Standardization; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1016BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 12 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Innovation; Leading teams
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1017BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 10 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Risk management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1018BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 10 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; Career advancement; IT management
View full details
Book chapter
-
Reference no. 1019BC
Authors: Robert D Austin (Harvard Business School); Richard L Nolan (Harvard Business School); Shannon O'Donnell (Harvard Business School)
Chapter from: "The Adventures of an IT Leader"
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2016
Version: 2 August 2016
Length: 9 pages
Topics: Information technology; CIO; IT management; Leading teams
View full details