Management of IT Reading

See also the post on IT Service Management Reading.

I have found these resources provide key building blocks for leading IT.

How completely messed up processes become normal (web article) by Dan Luu. Thought provoking.

How technology is creating a new world of work (web article) by Dan Levin of Box. Has implications for the relationship between the specialist IT function and “the business”.

Six Protocols of IT Transformation: Managing the Transformation of IT Ecosystems with Value-Based IT (book) by Lesandrini. Top to bottom review of actionable ideas for management of IT.

CIO 100: The First 100 days as CIO (book) Gary Buck. Strong focus on establishing the key relationships for success as CIO.

IT Savvy: What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain (book) Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross. (This is from the authors of “IT Governance” listed below.)  Strongly researched. Take away? Key business impacts of the Information Platform are “integration and standardisation”.

IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results (book) Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross. Must read for integrating IT with the host business.

Leading the Transformation: Applying Agile and DevOps Principles at Scale (book) Gary Gruver. An animated and animating account of a large IT function being transformed over a multi-year timeframe funded out of opex.