ITPEC IP April 2024 Question 71
Which of the following is most appropriate as the person with responsibility for an information systems strategy that is created on the basis of a business strategy?
Explanation
The CIO — the chief information officer is the executive responsible for the information systems strategy drawn up from the business strategy.
The CIO sits at management level and is in charge of information management and IT strategy for the whole company: forming the information systems strategy from the business strategy, deciding IT investment and overseeing the company-wide plan. A strategy that must be consistent with the business strategy and cover every department needs that executive responsibility; departments and projects then work within it.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — the head of the user department of the mission-critical systems speaks for that department and its systems, not for the whole company
- •(c) — the project manager is responsible for delivering one development project, which comes after the strategy and works within it
- •(d) — the head of system planning can draft the strategy, but lacks the management authority to take company-wide responsibility for it
Key rule: CIO = company-wide information systems and IT strategy; CTO = technology and R&D; CFO = finance; CEO = the business as a whole.
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