Oh Look, Another "Top 10"
You can tell the calendar year is coming to a close when you start seeing Christmas commercials (now in early October!), the end of the NASCAR season (who oddly have their Super Bowl race the first race of the year) and “Top Ten” lists. The latest list comes from CIO-Midmarket magazine, Top 10 Imperatives for Midmarket IT Strategy in 2009.
As is usually the case, there are some very good suggestions included on the list. Most of these imperatives have little to do with the end or beginning of the calendar year. But like New Years resolutions, the beginning of the new calendar year is a good time to revisit about these things.
Since the Just Enough Governance blog is focused on Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), I was happy to see that all three made the list. Since this list was derived from the readers of CIO-Midmarket, I have to believe that these imperatives will ultimately filter down to Notes applications. I wonder how much these imperatives impact your work today. I also wonder if you recognized these by the time the get from the executives to the developers and admins. I can easily imagine a project that is oriented around policy definition or enforcement without any mention of governance.
As an employee myself, I was delighted to see another imperatives on the list. Keep your staff engaged. It’s nice to know that the survey respondents were thinking of the staff. Granted, there is a lot of self-serving purpose to this one. After all, how many executives could be successful without surrounding themselves with a good staff? Just make sure they know you know how good you are!
As is usually the case, there are some very good suggestions included on the list. Most of these imperatives have little to do with the end or beginning of the calendar year. But like New Years resolutions, the beginning of the new calendar year is a good time to revisit about these things.
Since the Just Enough Governance blog is focused on Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), I was happy to see that all three made the list. Since this list was derived from the readers of CIO-Midmarket, I have to believe that these imperatives will ultimately filter down to Notes applications. I wonder how much these imperatives impact your work today. I also wonder if you recognized these by the time the get from the executives to the developers and admins. I can easily imagine a project that is oriented around policy definition or enforcement without any mention of governance.
As an employee myself, I was delighted to see another imperatives on the list. Keep your staff engaged. It’s nice to know that the survey respondents were thinking of the staff. Granted, there is a lot of self-serving purpose to this one. After all, how many executives could be successful without surrounding themselves with a good staff? Just make sure they know you know how good you are!
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