Some great training on IT Governance, Risk, and Portfolio Mgmt
I had the great pleasure of attending training this week at the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). I attended the summer session at CISR which comprised classes on:
- IT Portfolios and Business Agility
- Enterprise Architecture as Strategy
- IT Risk and Oversight
- IT Governance and Leadership
- IT-Enabled Change: The Human Dimension
For those with an IT governance focus, these classes are a must. It is by far the best training, from an IT mgmt perspective, that I have attended. The classes were very well structured with pertinent and dynamic guest speakers including:
- Jeff Sampler, Oxford University
- Rob Cohen, Vice President of Information Systems & Chief Information Officer, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
- James Cash, Board Member, GE, Microsoft, Wal-Mart
- Pat Hewlett, Chief Information Officer, Exxon Mobil
- Omar Baig, Senior Information Officer, International Finance Corporation
- Martin Curley, Director, IT Innovation, Intel Corporation
- John Petrey, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, TD Banknorth
- John Cross, Former Group CIO, British Petroleum
In addition to the guest speakers, there is a wealth of information presented by:
- Peter Weill, Director, CISR & Senior Research Scientist
- Jeanne Ross, Principle Research Scientist
- George Westerman, Research Scientist
Kudos to Peter, Jeanne, and George. They provided some excellent information that I highly recommend. I will be summarizing and posting more on specific learnings in future posts.