As a new CIO, you have 30 days to get a handle on your department’s landscape. You can only do TWO of the following activities - which would you choose?

IT Strategy & RoadmapNew to Role

Comprehensive IT audit16%

Meet with key IT team members individually66%

Review past IT project successes and failures44%

Collaborate with other department heads42%

Engage with external consultants for an objective assessment13%

Something else (comment)2%

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Director, Product Management in Healthcare and Biotecha year ago

The other thing I'd recommend is getting the perspective of your internal customers in the first 30 days. 

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VP of ITa year ago

Must get an internal and external perspective quickly and rationalize.  For Internal I prefer to have each leader do an operational review, with all other leaders present.  This helps me identify how the groups are working together (or not) and to better understand the org design and effectiveness.  Org Charts != Reality in many cases.

Enterprise Architect in Healthcare and Biotecha year ago

As "something else" I would meet customers to understands their needs, plans and ambitions as well as their satisfaction to ensure that our department's activities and priorities align with theirs.

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