If you’re a current or aspiring CIO you won’t want to miss this one.

ICS, CIO Masterclass Morning: Professor Joe Peppard and Prof. Martin Curley, Thursday 4th November from 8:30-12:00 noon.

Research at Cranfield School of Management over 20 years ago led to the development of the IT investment portfolio model. Since then this model and its application has been further developed and enhanced and it is now used by organizations worldwide. Colloquially referred to as the Cranfield Grid, it analyses all existing, planned and potential IT investments based on an assessment of the current and future business importance.

The main purpose in classifying investments is to ensure that they are managed successfully and that the expected contribution is delivered. Based on the issues relevant to each investment type, appropriate implementation strategies can be adopted. These, in turn, can be related to the strategy formulation and planning approaches to provide consistency of management from strategy formulation to implementation.

A powerful framework, its usefulness is borne out by the ease with which business management is willing and able to categorize IT investments and understand current and future investments and their business impact. This Masterclass will introduce the Cranfield Grid and describe how it can be used. As the portfolio will evolve over time how the effects of that evolution can be managed successfully will also be considered. 

Prof. Joe Peppard Presents: The Leadership Challenges of the CIO

Prof. Martin Curley is Professor of Technology and Business Innovation at NUI Maynooth and co-Director of IVI, helping lead a unique industry-academic open innovation consortium to advance IT management and innovation. Prof Curley is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland and the Irish Computer Society .He is a frequent international keynote speaker on Innovation and Technology.
Martin also the recently appointed Director of Intel Labs Europe whose mission is to advance Intel research and innovation in Europe while partnering to enable European competitiveness. Prof Curley is also Senior Principal Engineer and Global Director of IT Innovation at Intel Corporation managing a network of IT Innovation centres catalyzing worldwide IT Innovation.

Prof. Marin Curley Presents: From Zero to Hero:  Systematically improving IT capability and value using the IT Capability Maturity Framework.

This presentation introduces a design pattern and roadmap to help IT and Business Executives improve capability and get more value from IT. Specifically it will provide a roadmap and case studies for transforming IT from a cost centre to an investment/value centre. The presentation will introduce the IVI  IT Capability Maturity Model and related assessment tools so that IT executives can assess and improve their IT capability. The case study of Intel IT is presented discussing several sequential transformations on the road from becoming a zero to a hero.

We urge all members and non members to register early to avoid disappointment,  this CIO masterclass is sure to be a popular one.