This month I've developed a summary of many leading-edge management guidelines and best-practice study reports that are available directly from the Internet. Many of these "roadmap"-type papers will assist you and your IT customers in the implementation of various corporate initiatives.
LIST OF BEST PRACTICE REPORTS
1. Information Management (Improving Mission Performance through Strategic Information Management and Technology -- Learning from Leading Organizations) -- Executive Guide: www.gao.gov/special.pubs/ai94115.pdf
2. Applying Information Technology (Managing Information Systems -- A Practical Assessment Tool) -- Information Technology Resource Board (ITRB) report: www.itrb.gov/feb10ast.pdf
3. IT Strategic Direction (Chief Information Officer Council -- IT Strategic Plan for 2000): www.cio.gov/CIOCouncilPlan-StrategicPortion-final1.pdf; cio.gov/cio-coun.htm; cio.gov/charter.htm
4. Effective IT Leadership (The Federal CIO -- A Seat at the Table) -- Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM): www.affirm.org
5. IT Strategic Planning (Managing Information Technology Planning for Business Impact) -- Executive Guideline by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC): www.ifac.org/StandardsAndGuidance/InformationTechnology/ManagingITPlanning.html
6. IT Project Management (Project Management for Mission Critical Systems) -- Information Technology Resource Board (ITRB) report: www.itrb.gov/itrbpmpr.htm
7. IT Security Management (Managing Security of Information) -- Executive Guideline by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC): www.ifac.org/StandardsAndGuidance/InformationTechnology/ManagingSecurityOfInfo.html
8. Security Management (Information Security Risk Assessment -- Practices of Leading Organizations) -- General Accounting Office (GAO) Executive Guide (Exposure Draft): www.gao.gov/special.pubs/ai99139.pdf
9. Systems Security Management (Telecommunications Outage and Intrusion Information Sharing Report) -- US National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee study: www.ncs.gov/nstac/NSTACXXII/Reports/InfoShare.pdf
10. Financial Management (Creating Value through World Class Financial Management) -- US General Accounting Office (GAO) Executive Guide (Exposure Draft): www.gao.gov/special.pubs/ai99045.pdf
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