After successful completion of this program, candidates will also receive an ICCP or IOA Certification!!!
The digital transformation is bringing profound change to everything we do. Nowhere has this been more apparent than the changes demanded by the pandemic/post pandemic periods (e.g., working at home, online purchasing, business and social process & communications changes) and sustainability. But the impact on every company / industry began well before and will continue long after the pandemic and while essential, goes beyond back-office systems and IT infrastructure.
The digital effect has been and will continue to drive increased revenues and competitive advantage. The advent of emerging technologies (e.g., SMAC, Robotics, Blockchain), and changes to the ecosystem (e.g., competition, interdependent world, sourcing models, natural disasters) has brought intensified attention to IT and digitization, and the evolving role of IT, and the essential demand for strong collaboration among IT and non-IT leaders/organizations.
With the growing global demand for IT and non-IT professionals having the appropriate balance of leadership, management, business, industry, technical, and interpersonal skills, innovative programs like this Leadership in Business IT Management Certificate have become essential.
As every company becomes a digital company, with an ever-increasing impact on revenues, it is demanding the role of IT (and CIO) to transform (along with the business). This is what is driving the change in CIO sourcing and reporting, and the digital management skills required by IT and non-IT professionals.
In many cases with more and more revenue generating strategic initiatives reporting directly to the business unit, and more and more of IT infrastructure being outsourced, the centralized IT organization is getting smaller and changing dramatically, and often considered very differently than the decentralized strategic set of responsibilities.
The net is the digital transformation is changing IT and non-IT organizations and roles. We need to understand these changes and prepare for them to succeed.
IT leadership requires a refresh of approaches, thinking and management practices to meet these new challenges. IT and business must co-adapt together. IT must understand the business, and the business must understand IT.
The certificate also prepares candidates for being Certified from ICCP and in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT®). The focus is on enhancing and leveraging the harmony across business and IT organizations. To evolve beyond a cost center, IT has to move beyond just supporting the infrastructure and back-office business processes; IT must contribute to business innovation and growth. IT must also adjust to an environment in which stakeholders have greatly enhanced expectations due to the widespread consumerization of technical capabilities. In essence this certificate puts attendees in the role of a CIO from strategic, tactical, and operational perspectives, as they work with stakeholders from the business areas, vendors/service providers, and paying customers/clients to provide demonstrable value.
