Some great training on IT Governance, Risk, and Portfolio Mgmt

I had the great pleasure of attending training this week at the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR).  I attended the summer session at CISR which comprised classes on:

• IT Portfolios and Business Agility
• Enterprise Architecture as Strategy
• IT Risk and Oversight
• IT Governance and Leadership
• IT-Enabled Change: The Human Dimension

For those with an IT governance focus, these classes are a must.  It is by far the best training, from an IT mgmt perspective, that I have attended.  The classes were very well structured with pertinent and dynamic guest speakers including:

• Jeff Sampler, Oxford University
• Rob Cohen, Vice President of Information Systems & Chief Information Officer, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
• James Cash, Board Member, GE, Microsoft, Wal-Mart
• Pat Hewlett, Chief Information Officer, Exxon Mobil
• Omar Baig, Senior Information Officer, International Finance Corporation
• Martin Curley, Director, IT Innovation, Intel Corporation
• John Petrey, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, TD Banknorth
• John Cross, Former Group CIO, British Petroleum

In addition to the guest speakers, there is a wealth of information presented by:

• Peter Weill, Director, CISR & Senior Research Scientist
• Jeanne Ross, Principle Research Scientist
• George Westerman, Research Scientist

Kudos to Peter, Jeanne, and George.  They provided some excellent information that I highly recommend.  I will be summarizing and posting more on specific learnings in future posts.