The first 100 days as a CIO
The new CIO has three months to learn the estate and show a plan.
A sequence for a new technology leader: onboard, assess the estate and the team, then put the strategy on one page. Most of the set is interactive and takes under an hour.
Downloads
Files you keep and edit: PDF, Excel, Word or PowerPoint. Most show part of the file before you ask for it.
- PlanCIO First 100 Days PlanA new CIO's first 100 days in four phases: a listening tour guide, an estate and team assessment, a quick-wins log, milestones and the readout.
- WorksheetStakeholder MapMap a program's stakeholders on power and interest, compare current and needed stance, and plan each one's engagement, cadence and owner.
Online tools
Fill in the page and get the result on screen. No account needed.
- ChecklistCIO 90-Day Onboarding ChecklistStructured action plan for new CIOs and CTOs covering the first 90 days.
- AssessmentIT Maturity AssessmentBenchmark your IT organization across 7 key dimensions with instant radar chart results.
- AssessmentTechnology Leader Self-Assessment360-style assessment across strategic, technical, operational, and people dimensions.
- WorksheetIT Strategy on a PageDistill your IT strategy into a single, board-ready one-page brief.
Apps
Enter your situation and get the analysis back: a score, a draft or a plan. They run with a CIOPages account.
Part of the job Choose and buy technology.
Other sets
- Management consulting tools for CIOs
- Deciding where AI goes
- Cutting cloud and SaaS spend
- Governing the AI already in use
- Buying AI: vendors and models
- Buying technology without regret
- AI regulation and risk
- Architecture decisions that hold up
- Technical debt you can show the CFO
- Security platform evaluations
- Running IT like an investment portfolio
- Org design and decision rights
- Board and budget season
- Incidents and resilience
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A new CIO's first 100 days in four phases: a listening tour guide, an estate and team assessment, a quick-wins log, milestones and the readout.
360-style assessment across strategic, technical, operational, and people dimensions.