Business managers are failing in their responsibilities
to record and report IT project returns to the boardroom, according
to 76% of the UK’s top CIOs.
Of the 110 CIOs surveyed by
CIO Connect, 80% thought that IT projects were
under increasing financial scrutiny, yet a third maintained that
business benefits were not being monitored by management once
projects had gone live.
Meanwhile 66% thought that boards were predominantly tactical
rather than strategic in their approach to IS.
The outlook for IT spending varies, but IT leaders said they
would strive for tighter supplier management in 2007.
The top priority for 83% of respondents was negotiating tougher
terms with suppliers of commodity systems and services to enable
more spending on strategic application development and other
business change investment programmes.
Around a third of CIOs questioned said they would be short of
specific management skills over the coming year, particularly in
the programme, project management and business analyst areas in
2007.
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