Comments on: Romanian CIO Agenda 2007 – Preparing for Competition (part 2) http://ciomind.biz/2007/07/14/romanian-cio-agenda-2007-%e2%80%93-preparing-for-competition-part-2/ Do you REALLY want to know what’s inside? Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:40:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mihai Ionescu http://ciomind.biz/2007/07/14/romanian-cio-agenda-2007-%e2%80%93-preparing-for-competition-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Mihai Ionescu Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:22:10 +0000 http://ciomind.biz/2007/07/14/romanian-cio-agenda-2007-%e2%80%93-preparing-for-competition-part-2/#comment-60 Ok. So, what do Romanian CIO's want? 1. Improving Business Processes -> BPM? 2. The need for Revenue Growth -> CRM, BI, e-Business? 3. Improving the Effectiveness of the Workforce -> HRMS, Performance Mgnt? 4. Bottom Line Profitability -> ERP, BI? .... I wonder if CIOs' business priorities have resulted or not from 'what do Romanian CEOs want?'. Or, in other words, how well are CIOs' business priorities in sync with their companies' Business Plans? Well, Business Plans mean 'strategy' and here we stumble onto a great issue of many Romanian companies: Do they actually have an 'actionable' strategy, or just an abstract, conceptual set of declarations separated by a large 'gap' from the daily operation's goals (the Business Plans without 'user manual')? In this regard, the Romanian CIO's are obviously not stupid. No wonder they've ranked BPM implementations as their No.1 business priority - the 'gap' filler. From one point of view, this is the least that they can do to support the operational alignment to the actionable business strategies within their companies. Just some thoughts alongside this survey ... Ok. So, what do Romanian CIO’s want?

1. Improving Business Processes -> BPM?
2. The need for Revenue Growth -> CRM, BI, e-Business?
3. Improving the Effectiveness of the Workforce -> HRMS, Performance Mgnt?
4. Bottom Line Profitability -> ERP, BI?
….

I wonder if CIOs’ business priorities have resulted or not from ‘what do Romanian CEOs want?’. Or, in other words, how well are CIOs’ business priorities in sync with their companies’ Business Plans?

Well, Business Plans mean ’strategy’ and here we stumble onto a great issue of many Romanian companies: Do they actually have an ‘actionable’ strategy, or just an abstract, conceptual set of declarations separated by a large ‘gap’ from the daily operation’s goals (the Business Plans without ‘user manual’)?

In this regard, the Romanian CIO’s are obviously not stupid. No wonder they’ve ranked BPM implementations as their No.1 business priority – the ‘gap’ filler. From one point of view, this is the least that they can do to support the operational alignment to the actionable business strategies within their companies.

Just some thoughts alongside this survey …

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