2 Posts found for Author: Gary A. Curtis

Sound disaster-recovery planning has to be on the agenda in the boardroom. But the CEO can’t give directors conclusive answers without having first talked at length with the CIO. Here are some of the most pressing questions.

1. Tell me about our response simulation and rehearsal plans and activities. When was the last time we had a full-scale rehearsal of an IT disaster recovery?
2. What did

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Authors: Gary A. Curtis, Gil Brodnitz | Source: IT Disaster: It’s Not a Matter of If—It’s a Matter of When | Subject: IT Questions

• Is it growing faster than revenues?
• Does it increasingly support older applications that require continual work to adapt to business changes rather than applications that accommodate business changes faster and at lower cost?
• Is there a mechanism to determine how IT spending aligns with the business’s value-adding processes?
• Is there conflict over IT budgets absent an analytical business case-bound decision process?
• Is there a process in place

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Authors: Gary A. Curtis, Richard M. Melnicoff, Tor Mesoy | Source: Value Discovery: A Better Way to Prioritize IT Investments | Subject: IT Questions