July 28, 2009 Town Hall: Business / IT alignment
Discussion Initiator: Chris Curran, Partner and CTO at Diamond, (NASDAQ: DTPI) a strategic management and technology consulting firm.

Standing at the bridge between business strategy and IT, CIOs play an important and complicated role in modern organizations. This IT failures town hall conversation explored the CIO's impact on IT success and failure.
 

May 19, 2009 Town Hall: Business / IT alignment
Discussion Initiator: Former Ace Hardware CIO, Paul Ingevaldson (click here to learn more about Paul)

Many projects get into trouble because business and IT seem to function like oil and water: co-existing without real communication or mutual understanding. As a direct result, misplaced expectations lead to cost overruns, late projects, and further deterioration of relations between the two groups.
 

April 7, 2009 Town Hall: The Risks of Survival
Discussion Initiator: Jonathan Yarmis (click here to learn more about Jonathan)

We all face difficult decisions as we learn to cope in this new economic reality. To adapt successfully, we must be prepared to ask tough questions of the organizations for which we work and of ourselves. What do I need to do to keep the economic engine running? Beyond that, where am I likely to incur undue risk and how can I minimize those exposures? It would be unfortunate for IT to survive the downturn only to discover that our ongoing viability is threatened. This IT failures town hall discussion will focus on hard questions for difficult times.
 

Jan 7, 2009 Town Hall: Lessons to be learned so you can stay off the list
Discussion Initiator: Paul Greenberg (click here to learn more about Paul)

As the economy worsens, many organizations have higher expectations, and less tolerance, for failed projects. We'll discuss strategies for reducing failures, increasing project success rates, while demonstrating higher project value. Most of all, we plan to have a great time!