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Factors
that influence the evolution of the IS department
in the midsize enterprise include:
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Changes
in employee head count
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Data-intensiveness
of the industry
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Economic
conditions
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Technology
adoption profile
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Stage
in the enterprise’s life cycle
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Changes
in leadership (a new CEO, CFO or CIO)
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Ownership
model of the enterprise (acquisition, merger
or initial pubic offering)
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The most simplistic means to determine if a change is
needed to transform your IS department is to ask yourself
whether the structures, processes and policies currently
in place are meeting the demands placed on them and
supporting the best interests of the business. More
important, you should ask what the foregone investment
is costing your business from an opportunity perspective
such as customer losses, employee retention, and employee
downtime costs. Plans for IS department growth through
roles, skills, infrastructure, processes and policies
should be done in tandem with planning for business
growth.
Are
there "typical" IS department characteristics,
roles and structure within low- and upper-end midsize
businesses? Find out from Gartner experts and your
industry peers at Midsize
Enterprise Summit in 2004.
Reference
IS Departments Must Grow With SMBs
Publication Date: January 31, 2003
Author: Mika Yamamoto Krammer
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