Transitional/Interim CIO
As businesses and technologies change, their leadership partners seek effective information technology (IT) organizations. Such organizations readily align people, process, and technology with the mission; create and enhance measurable value for their community; orchestrate IT performance based on talent and best practice; and manage organizational change through the funding, technology and applications life cycle, whether emerging, established, or sunset.
Client Scenarios
Client scenarios that may call for a transitional, or interim, CIO can include:
- Anticipated enterprise consolidations, mergers, or leadership changes that may not justify staffing a permanent CIO position
- Providing a temporary CIO for needed IT leadership during what may be a longer or more difficult CIO selection and acceptance process
- Different IT leadership required in one dynamic organizational phase compared with another more stable one
Possible Deliverables
For these scenarios, the business focus is on developing an enterprise's
IT organizational effectiveness.
Related deliverables can include:
- Developing, consolidating, or updating an enterprise IT strategic plan, leveraging, where applicable, the enterprise architecture
- Enterprise IT organization design review, including linkage with enterprise IT governance, such as a centralized Project Management Office (PMO)
- Enterprise IT capability assessments and related development planning, such as knowledge transfer, best practices, and core competencies aligned with the strategic plan
- Coaching groups or individuals new to IT management, specific IT leadership areas, or best practices