Description
Chief information officers define and implement the ICT strategy and governance. They determine necessary resources for the ICT strategy implementation, anticipate ICT market evolutions and company business needs. They contribute to the development of the organisation's strategic plan and ensure that the ICT infrastructure supports the organisation's overall operations and priorities.
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Theoretical Knowledge
software architecture modelssystems development life-cycleICT project management methodologiesinformation structureattack vectorssoftware design methodologiesmarket analysisinformation architecturedecision support systemsErlangSmalltalk (computer programming)COBOLVisual Basicincremental developmentHaskellRapid application developmentCoffeeScriptICT architectural frameworksRSpiral developmentObjective-Cdigital systemsPerlScalaPython (computer programming)APLSwift (computer programming)VBScriptScratch (computer programming)Pascal (computer programming)Ruby (computer programming)TypeScriptC#ML (computer programming)lean project managementProlog (computer programming)Assembly (computer programming)OpenEdge Advanced Business Languageengineering processesAgile developmentPrototyping developmentWorld Wide Web Consortium standardsGroovyDevOpsWaterfall developmentSAP R3JavaScriptProcess-based managementABAPPHPAgile project managementJava (computer programming)Common Lispinternet governanceMATLABASP.NETSAS languageLispAJAXMicrosoft Visual C++iterative developmentcomputer programmingC++
Practical Skills
optimise choice of ICT solutionmaintain plan for continuity of operationscoordinate technological activitiesutilise decision support systemmonitor technology trendsimplement ICT risk managementensure adherence to organisational ICT standardsreview development process of an organisationdefine technology strategyforecast future ICT network needsmanage software releasesuse different communication channelscarry out strategic researchimplement corporate governanceoversee development of softwareimplement ICT security policiesestablish an ICT customer support processensure information privacycarry out statistical forecastsadminister ICT systemlead technology development of an organisationmanage staffprotect personal data and privacymanage budgetsmonitor ICT researchdeploy ICT systems