When global consulting engineering firm, GHD Australia, merged with North American engineering consultancy Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA) back in 2014, the work to morph and blend operations was just the beginning.
The role of the CIO has become more about business priorities and driving revenue growth with CIOs in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region rating cloud computing and stability as their top priorities.
The project management triangle of cost, time and scope all too often goes out the window once a project starts. The Purpose Alignment, or Nickolaisen Model, shatters the project management triangle and provides a more workable alternative.
It is one of the most common refrains of recent years – IT must align with the business goals. So how do you do it? Here are a few ideas to help.
One of the most overused terms I've heard in the past few years as CEO of an IT consulting and staffing firm has to be the word "alignment." Think about it. How many times have you heard phrases like, "IT must learn to align with the business" or that "smart CIOs know that in order to succeed, IT must align with the business"?
A hundred years ago we saw the introduction of a new process for organizing and performing work (now we're looking for another one). That process employed the most powerful technology of that time - industrial technology - to deliver a significant increase in productivity that made possible the rise of the middle class in what we now call the developed world. That new way of working was called the assembly line. Manufacturing companies in the United States (led by Henry Ford) pioneered the introduction of the assembly line in their factories. Soon companies everywhere were using that new workflow process.
Find out in this whitepaper why digital transformation is gaining momentum amongst Australia and New Zealand organisations and what are the IT priorities business executives are focusing their efforts on in 2015 and 2016.
