CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

Enterprise Information Nomenclature

For a moment, imagine that I've just helicoptered you deep into the woods in Alaska. I've informed you that you have 24 hours to make it to Kodiak. I have given you all of the equipment and supplies you'll need to make the trip. There are only two things that are missing in this equation: where you are and what lies between here and your destination.

In other parts of this book, you will find chapters and references relating to IT plans, portfolio management, gathering user requirements, balanced scorecard, and other tools to help you chart what you are doing, for whom, and how you'll measure it. All of these are useful tools in defining what you need and how you'll know success, but it doesn't tell you where ...