DETAILS:
Cost: $1,850
Length: 2 days
When: April 6-7
Time:
8 a.m. - continental breakfast
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. - class
Location:
Buckhead Executive Education Center
Tower Place 200, Ste. 400
3348 Peachtree Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
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Overview:
IT managers are increasingly being tasked to deliver more, while spending less. This workshop deals with the three main aspects of running a successful IT department: planning, executing, and controlling.
- Create an effective charter for the IT
function within their organizations
- Build a successful IT strategic plan
- Undertake a risk assessment of IT projects
and how to pursue risk reduction strategies
- Understand the use of function-point
analysis for project estimation
- Conduct project post-implementation
- Assess different strategies for organizing
and managing IT maintenance
- Devise budgeting and pricing strategies
appropriate for the IT organization
- Choose the right financial arrangement
for their organizations: a cost center,
profit center, or investment center
- Gain an understanding of the special characteristics of IT professionals and
how they should be managed Who Should Attend:
- IT project managers
- IT managers who are being groomed for greater managerial responsibilities
- Direct reports of senior IT executives
- IT staff members
- Non-IT managers who deal regularly with the IT organization and managers
- Managers who want to know more about IT and how it functions within their organizations
Ephraim McLean, Ph.D., is the Chair of the CIS Department at the Robinson College. He is also a Regents' Professor, the holder of the G.E. Smith Eminent Scholar's Chair, the Director of the Center for Research in Information System, and the Director of the new one-year Executive Master's degree for Managing IT, all within the Robinson College.
Dr. McLean has nearly half a century of IT experience, having begun doing system work for Procter & Gamble in 1962, and he has consulted for CitiBank, Security Pacific Bank, the Lahey Medical Clinic in Boston, BellSouth, Chick-fil-A, and others. He is the co-author of the first book on IT planning, Strategic Planning for MIS, co-editor of The Management of Information Systems, and co-author of the widely-used IS textbook, Information Technology for Management. He has bachelor and master's degree in engineering for Cornell University and master's and doctoral degrees from M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management.
Location:
Buckhead Executive Education Center
Tower Place 200, Ste. 400
3348 Peachtree Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
directions>>
Cost:
$1,850
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Phone: 404-413-7376
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