Why Some Offices of the CIO Can Become Bloated

ID Number: G00164808

2 February 2009

Ellen Kitzis

During the past few years, we have seen many CIOs create an "office of the CIO" in their IT organizations. Although many CIOs manage to keep this team to the trusted few, others find that the office of the CIO has become bloated with too many operational responsibilities.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

The Initial Formation Focused on Supportive and Leadership Skills

2.0

OCIO Transitions From Support to Operations: The Teams Become Bloated

2.1

The Functions of the Team Expand

3.0

Teams Become Overloaded With Staff Work

4.0

Moving Roles Back Into the Organization

4.1		4.1. Guidelines for Managing Your OCIO
4.2		Suggestions for Relocation of OCIO Functions

5.0

Conclusions and Recommendations

Recommended Reading

List of Tables

	Table 1.	Examples of Potential Role Reassignments

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Functions of the Office of the CIO

	Figure 2.	Illustrative Office of the CIO With Too Many Operating Functions

	Figure 3.	Example of Architecture as a Corporate Planning Function

IT Organizational and Governance Strategy
IT Workforce Roles and Responsibilities
CIO and IT Leadership

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