The Roles I Play

As 2014 begins, I marvel at the evolution of the CIO role from 1997 to 2014.   Gone are the days when my role was to serve as technical expert, configuring web servers, optimizing data bases, or simplifying code.   Gone are the days when product decisio nmaking depended on software architecture expertise to ensure scalability, reliability and security.   Gone are the early wins of the "bold moves" like replacing Lotus Notes with Exchange, Novell with NT, Sybase with Microsoft SQL, and client/server with web applications.Here are a few examples of the roles I play today from the past few weeks1.  Rethinking a challenging project by ensuring all stakeholders understand the key roles/responsibilities assigned during project formation i.e.Defining the business championDefining the executive sponsorDefining the role of ITDefining the role of the project managerDefining the support modelDefining the responsibility for creating, managing, and maintaining interfacesAssigning responsibility for workflow/process definitionAssigning responsibility for vendor relationship managementWriting the governance committee charterDefining the communication plan for internal and external customersDefining unit testing and integrated testing responsbilitiesDefining the training/education plan2.   Convening local government and provider stakeholders to agree on a single approach for public health reporting that aligns meaningful use stage 2 requirements, healthcare informati...

Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 15, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs