Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Immediate and radical change within small teams spearheading projects from the bottom up. From the bottom up, Local Growth Teams (LGTs) should: Establish radical goals: Harman built an LGT in India to design a new auto infotainment system to provide all the functionality at half the price and one-third the cost. The lesson is clear.

Chief Technology Officer 13

Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

I fundamentally believe that these need not be mutually exclusive goals. The following are a few key areas on which I''ve focused in my first 90 days that I think would be valuable for other new CIOs to consider as they plan for their own organizations'' future: Create a Sound Service and Project Management Framework.

CIO 8

CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A good way to keep yourself honest is to create a scenario that meets your stated goals but fails in other ways. If you hem and haw and equivocate, then you need to drill deeper and make sure you figure out what other goals must be included in this scenario for you to be satisfied with the result. Question 2: Who am I writing this for?

Audience 8

Audience Chief Technology Officer Open-book CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

This should go without saying, but it’s vitally important to develop relationships with the CEO, business unit leaders, and other key executives to understand the company’s strategy, so that the innovation approach and projects you pursue align with overall corporate goals. That feels like a lot for 100 days, and it is.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Humans have been able to organize large numbers of people into a common mission and execute amazing things, from conquering armies to astonishing constructions project like the pyramids. The nature of large-scale digital is, I believe, something new in human endeavor.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Relationship management is also vital in successful negotiation, resolving conflicts and working with others toward a shared goal which is especially challenging when a PM is tasked with balancing the needs of customers, resource-constrained engineering teams, and the company’s revenue goals.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

Given this failure to establish responsibility and accountability, it is also not surprising that most ECM projects fail, and a large percentage of IT projects generally fail to realize their potential or go well over budget. They have remained, instead, CTO''s. CIO''s have never broadly achieved their destiny.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Zero Based Budgeting Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Show her that you''re willing to pick up the baton on important projects." It doesn''t have to be an intense, months-long project. Another way to prove your potential is to take on projects in the " white space." Volunteer for a committee they''re spearheading or offer to help with one of their pet projects.

CTO 10

CTO Case Study Career Project 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Company and unit leaders need to ensure that IT is in a leading position on all key digital projects. Different standards of project and portfolio management are also required with more flexibility in demand management and budgeting methods. And, they align the KPIs of each function to common goals. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

You may be able to get projects more easily approved or bend her ear when you have an idea.” ” The goal here is to help your colleague accept her new authority over you and demonstrate that you trust her to do the job. Ankit became CTO. ” But don’t presume anything.

CTO 8

CTO Case Study Learning Curve Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

” Remember, Hill adds, your goal is to “figure out how you’re going to work together and support your employee.” ’” Project confidence, but not too much. Even if it sometimes feels as if you’re in over your head, it’s important to project the right amount of confidence.

Management 8

Management How To CTO Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2014

Let key colleagues and clients know that you will be away, and either pause your projects or ready them for a temporary handover. Leave projects behind. He alerted his executive team that he would be gone, and tapped his co-founder and CTO as the final voice for any decisions that needed to be made.

Stress 11

Stress Supply Chain CTO Case Study 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Execution risk: A wrong execution model or poor execution can make a project run too long and cost too much, leading to a total loss of focus and a reduction in value creation. It also comes from not adequately considering the organization''s energy, skill, and policies to accomplish the project.

Dunning 8

Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

But no one was sure what to cut and what to keep because the goals had not been clearly enough defined. A successful partnership, therefore, begins with the CMO being able to define business goals, use cases, and specific requirements of any data or analytics initiative. The solution? Cut back the scope. Bring complete transparency.

CIO 8

CIO Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.” The goal of the pod is to drive collaboration. Engineering and Product functions actually have different goals from the top. This process is exactly what Agile was meant to eliminate.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8