Tuesday, June 23, 2009

IS Leadership Roles

IS Leadership Roles

Computer Science Corporation suggested six IS leadership roles which are required to execute IS's future agenda: chief architect, change leader, product developer, technology provocateur, coach and chief operating strategist.

Chief Architect

The chief architect designs future possibilities for the business.The chief architect's primary role is to design IT infrastructure to expand future possibilities for the business but they do not define the specific outcome. They design infrastructures that do not just provide todays technical services such as networking and databases but they also design the business components or objects.

Change Leader

The change leader is somewhat similar to the role of the resource allocator. They both allocate organizational resources but the difference between the two is that the change leader allocates or orchestrates the resources to be able to initiate and execute the change in the organization or the company. By its title itself 'change' its role is to initiate a change program that will be for the benefit of the organization for the future. Their roles include providing new IT tools and most importantly the change team who redefines or redesigns the roles, jobs, and workflow of the people to be able to bring about positive perception to its subordinates.

Product Developer

The product developer is the source of new ideas that could bring the organization closer to commercial success in emerging digital markets. A product developer recognizes the potential for performing key business processes. A product developer also acts as a negotiator, he/she must 'sell' the idea to a business partner and set up and evaluate business experiments together.

Technology Provocateur

The technology provocateur is the one who embeds IT into organizations business strategey. The technology provocateur works with the organizations business executives to bring IT and realities of the IT marketplace to bear on the formation of strategy for the business. A technology provocateur understands both business and IT to be able to integrate the two and they also understand at a fundamental level the capabilities of IT and how it impacts the business.

Coach

The coach serves as the teacher to acquire the skillset they will need for the future. The basic responsibilities of a coach is teaching people how to learn, so that they can become self-sufficient, and providing team leaders with staff able to do the IT-related work of the business. Coaches are solid practitioners of competence and they are responsible for the growth and development of the organization's subordinates

Chief Operating Strategist

the chief operating strategist is the top IS executive in the organization who is focused on the future agenda of the the IS of the organization. They have parallel responsibilities related to helping the business design the future and then delivering it.

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