March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 8m
English
book
Confessions of a Successful CIO: How the Best CIOs Tackle Their Toughest Business Challenges
by Dan Roberts, Brian Watson, Susan Cramm
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INDEX
Aerospace and defense industry, 20, 116. See also McDonnell Douglas; Raytheon
Aircraft industry
Hughes Aircraft, 21–22 See also McDonnell Douglas
Albertsons, 95
American Airlines, 76
Ameristar Casinos, 130–132, 133, 134–135
Anticipation, emphasis on, by Passerini, 12–14
Availability metric, 145, 147–148
Avnet, 46
Backup plans, 64
Bandrowczak, Steve
on CIO role, 48
on project management, 44
on right people for projects, 46
rogue organization of, 40
on work-life balance, 50 See also DHL
Bardis, John, 68
Basics, taking care of, 101
Betting the farm
McDonnell Douglas and, 109–110
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kentucky (Southeastern Mutual Insurance Company), 121, 122, 124–125
Boushy, John, 130
BPOs (business process outsourcers), 5
Bricker, Deborah, 129
Burks, Rickey, 149
Burnham, Dan, 19
Burning platform
at Supervalu, 97
Business process outsourcers (BPOs), 5
Business value creation
Cadbury, 94
Centene, 105–106, 113, 114–115. See also Imholz, Don
CFOs, decision-making authority of, 110
Chambers, Jim, 94
CIOs
aspirations ...
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