Just as Gartner predicted in its 2010 CIO survey, organizations are continuing their unremitting focus on cost reduction and improved business processes to squeeze out greater productivity. IT and business leaders are doing all they can to invest in those projects and programs that are going to generate the greatest impact on results. This month's crop of thought pieces from Pcubed experts traverses the IT landscape to explore how the entrepreneurial CIO can make the vital migration from managing resources to managing results.
  Demand management is a proven technique for categorizing and evaluating projects or initiatives against agreed criteria and then driving a prioritization process that optimizes the organization's use of its resources. But, as Pcubed's John Allen and Martin Wolf explain, to succeed with demand management, practitioners need to follow a principle driven approach. Read article ›
 With the price of internal data center operations continuing to rise, cloud computing has shifted from a trend to a necessity. After all, customers of these hosted IT utility services never have to worry about buying wasted capacity and can more easily upgrade software to stay ahead of the curve. Pcubed's Craig Spielmann shares preliminary steps that will mitigate risks before you fly your operation into the cloud. Read article ›
 PPM - management of the projects and programs in which a company invests to implement its strategy - goes beyond the concept of "doing projects right" and also encompasses "doing the right projects." This business scenario, excerpted from the book, Project Portfolio Management, by Pcubed's Shan Rajegopal and his co-authors Philip McGuin and James Waller, lays out the challenge of aligning the IT project delivery with the business strategy and provides a roadmap for implementing the necessary processes. Read article ›
 Capital intensive businesses will shortly start to plan how to allocate capital for the 2011 planning cycle. Investment funding is severely constrained, with CFOs in many companies trying to squeeze every dollar of free cash flow out of their organizations to ensure survival. In these circumstances, as Pcubed's Paddy Oates writes, capital allocation decisions are critical - and those who consistently make better decisions give their organizations a key source of competitive advantage. Read article ›
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