Aligned Strategy points to an article on how to hire a CIO.
The article includes the following action items to address during the CIO hiring process:
In my opinion, the seeds of project failure are often rooted deep in an organization’s culture. In other words, every organization has a "willingness tolerance" to accept (or reject) the poor judgement and bad decision-making that lead to failure. Establishing the proper expectations right from the start is a great way to succeed later.
Any organization that takes the above list seriously (and no, lip service doesn’t count) will have fewer troubled projects.
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