As a new CIO, you have 30 days to get a handle on your department’s landscape. You can only do TWO of the following activities - which would you choose?

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Comprehensive IT audit13%

Meet with key IT team members individually64%

Review past IT project successes and failures45%

Collaborate with other department heads45%

Engage with external consultants for an objective assessment13%

Something else (comment)2%

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Director, Product Management in Healthcare and Biotech9 months ago

The other thing I'd recommend is getting the perspective of your internal customers in the first 30 days. 

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VP of IT9 months ago

Must get an internal and external perspective quickly and rationalize.  For Internal I prefer to have each leader do an operational review, with all other leaders present.  This helps me identify how the groups are working together (or not) and to better understand the org design and effectiveness.  Org Charts != Reality in many cases.

IT Director in Healthcare and Biotech9 months ago

As "something else" I would meet customers to understands their needs, plans and ambitions as well as their satisfaction to ensure that our department's activities and priorities align with theirs.

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