Surf’s Up for CIOs

As everyone knows, the Internet’s body of knowledge is growing at a

tremendous rate. I recently read that there are now over 100 million web

pages accessible to the busy executive. One challenge has been the

harnessing of this information into competitive advantage.

While as purely cut-and-paste approach to Web content will no produce a

world-class IT function, leveraging that content on a regular basis can

greatly expand an organization’s capability. In fact it is becoming a

necessity for corporate and career survival.

In the accompanying chart I have identified a variety of best practice web

sites that address a variety of critical issues facing all CIOs and IT

managers. Next column we’ll focus on Web sites that provide useful

information on: 1) electronic commerce initiatives; 2) the need for

effective IT security in this increasingly connected world; and 3) Year 2000

initiatives.

I would also like to obtain your feedback, particularly on the web sites

that you regularly rely on to perform your job. Feel free to send me an

email with your “best” web sites.

SITE OF THE MONTH

The featured site this month is focussed on software engineering. Accessing

www.sei.cmu.edu/about/website/sitemap.html/ will lead you to the

Carnegie-Mellon Software Engineering Institute web site. This US Defense

sponsored organization has developed numerous publications and papers on

improving IT management practices. In addition, it is one of the most

comprehensive repositories of current information regarding information

management I have come across. Enjoy!

REPORT OF THE MONTH

The featured report this month is a best practice study report by the US

General Accounting Office. It is entitled Executive Guide – Measuring

Performance and Demonstrating Results of Information Technology Investments.

Released in March 1998 it can be found at

www.gao.gov/special.pubs/publist.htm -the report reference number is

gao/aimd-98-99.

Dan Swanson is a management consultant with LGS Group in Winnipeg. He

specializes in audit and management consulting and can be reached at

[email protected]

LEADING INFORMATIVE WEB SITES

Best Practices for IT

www.sei.cmu.edu

www.itpolicy.gsa.gov

www.cio.gov

Year 2000 Support

www.mitre.org/research/y2k

www.year2000.com

www.nerc.com/y2k

www.y2k.gov

Project Management

www.pmi.org

Electronic Commerce

ec.fed.gov

IT Security

Csrc.nist.gov

www.gits.gov

Disaster Recovery

www.drj.com

www.disaster-resource.com

Government Reform

www.npr.gov

www.policyworks.gov

Performance Measurement

www.gao.gov

Audit and Control

www.isaca.org

www.theiia.org

www.itaudit.org

www.auditnet.org

www.ifac.org

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