The Next Leap in Productivity: What Top Managers Really Need to Know about Information TechnologyISBN: 978-0-470-39811-1
Hardcover
208 pages
February 2009
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Software vendors and CIOs who read this book will discover a software development process that is transparent, practical and efficient. Non-technical C-level executives (CEOs, CFOs, COOs, etc.) will discover a blueprint for improving corporate productivity and dramatically reducing operating costs.
For the past decade, CIOs have been urged, coaxed, counseled and exhorted to act more like CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other C-level executives. This book suggests that it’s time for CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other C-level executives to start acting more like CIOs. “The Next Leap in Productivity” will appeal to anyone involved in buying, selling, developing or using IT.
Advance Praise for “The Next Leap in
Productivity”
“Adam’s book is a challenge to all the top managers
who’ve stopped caring about IT. His message is simple: If you
really care about IT, you find ways to make IT more productive. The
improvements you achieve in IT productivity can then be leveraged
into huge leaps in productivity at the enterprise level. This book
offers a roadmap for translating IT productivity into business
profit. Adam’s argument is worth reading and worth
considering as you formulate your IT strategies and plan your IT
budgets.”--Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus, CIO
magazine
“Adam lays the groundwork for a common language that can be used to bridge the chasms between IT and other essential components of the business such as finance, product development, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service. Everyone who reads this book will learn valuable lessons that can be leveraged to improve returns on human capital investments at every level of the organization. Adam’s concepts have the potential to boost levels of confidence and performance throughout the enterprise.”-- Michael Minelli, Co-author, Partnering with the CIO
“These kinds of productivity principles are not mere theory. When we put these same principles into effect, our productivity went up more than we had thought possible. And our employee morale went up, too. It became easier to write code the right way and harder to make stupid mistakes. This new way of creating software makes it possible for us to concentrate on what we really want to do here at Cisco, which is to improve the Internet for everybody.”-- Andy Chessin, Senior Technical Lead, Cisco, Inc.