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Gartner’s CIO 2007 results: CIOs will need to reprioritize the roles of IT!

Gartner’s annual CIO-survey results are out and they are surprisingly pleasant!

This is the first time that Gartner (renowned as “IT” and “tech” oriented analytic) explicitly warns that CIO’s will need to reprioritize their work to meet near term business expectations.  It is also the first time that “improving business processes with IT” is stated as number one priority by the business. Executives expect CIOs and IT to play a significant role in leveraging short-term performance and long-term competitiveness in 2007.

However as we see, CIO’s priorities are currently oriented more towards the tech than to the business.

Gartner warns: The difference between expectations and strategies creates tension and the potential threat to CIO credibility and standing:

2007 Business Near-Term Expectations of IT (priorities)
1. Improve business process
2. Control enterprise cost structure
3. Attracting, retaining and growing customers
4. Improve workforce effectiveness
5. Grow revenue

2007 CIO Near-Term Strategies for IT (priorities)
1. Improve the quality of IT services
2. Improving IT governance
3. Improve the link between business and IT
4. Demonstrating the business value of IT
5. Building business skills in IT 

Full report: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=501189