Data Overview Report

CIOs: Reporting Relationship Defines Your Job Only At The Margin

July 16th, 2008
Bobby Cameron, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Bobby Cameron Vice President, Principal Analyst
With contributor:
Alex Cullen

Summary

Forrester's 2007 IT governance survey yielded a broad set of data on how the CIO's reporting relationship does — or doesn't — impact the way IT works and is perceived. We surveyed 503 senior IT decision-makers about how IT runs, how it is structured, and how it is perceived. The bottom line: While there are some variations based on who the CIO has as a boss, most IT governance realities don't vary greatly based on the CIO's reporting relationship.

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