Profession chief technology officer

Chief technology officers contribute to a company's technical vision and lead all aspects of technology development, according to its strategic direction and growth objectives. They match technology with business needs.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• ICT project management methodologies

  The methodologies or models for planning, managing and overseeing of ICT resources in order to meet specific goals, such methodologies are Waterfall, Incremental, V-Model, Scrum or Agile and using project management ICT tools.

• Decision support systems

  The ICT systems that can be used to support business or organisational decision making.

• ICT project management

  The methodologies for the planning, implementation, review and follow-up of ICT projects, such as the development, integration, modification and sales of ICT products and services, as well as projects relating technological innovation in the field of ICT.

Skills

• Monitor ICT research

  Survey and investigate recent trends and developments in ICT research. Observe and anticipate mastery evolution.

• Optimise choice of ICT solution

  Select the appropriate solutions in the field of ICT while taking into account potential risks, benefits and overall impact.

• Lead technology development of an organisation

  Develop activities surrounding innovation and research in the field of technology within an organisation based on its strategic direction and growth goals. Provide guidance to colleagues how to best implement them.

• Analyse ICT system

  Study the activity and performance of information systems in order to model their usage and weaknesses, specify purpose, architecture and services and discover operations and procedures for accomplishing them most efficiently.

• Monitor technology trends

  Survey and investigate recent trends and developments in technology. Observe and anticipate their evolution, according to current or future market and business conditions.

• Administer ICT system

  Handle components of ICT system by maintaining configuration, managing users, monitoring resource use, performing backups and installing hardware or software to comply with the set requirements.

• Coordinate technological activities

  Give instructions to colleagues and other cooperating parties in order to reach the desired outcome of a technological project or achieve set goals within an organisation dealing with technology.

• Utilise decision support system

  Use the available ICT systems that can be used to support business or organisational decision making.

• Review development process of an organisation

  Judge, review and decide on directions of innovation and development processes in an organisation in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

• Carry out strategic research

  Research long term possibilities for improvements and plan steps to achieve them.

• Ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards

  Guarantee that the state of events is in accordance with the ICT rules and procedures described by an organisation for their products, services and solutions.

• Manage budgets

  Plan, monitor and report on the budget.

• Implement ICT coding conventions

  Apply guidelines for ICT programming techniques, such as conventions, code design patterns and practices to achieve higher security, reliability, better readability and maintenance of the product.

• Define technology strategy

  Create an overall plan of objectives, practices, principles and tactics related to the use of technologies within an organisation and describe the means to reach the objectives.

• Maintain plan for continuity of operations

  Update methodology which contains steps to ensure that facilities of an organisation are able to continue operating, in case of broad range of unforeseen events.

• Implement corporate governance

  Apply a set of principles and mechanisms by which an organisation is managed and directed, set procedures of information, control flow and decision making, distribute rights and responsibilities among departments and individuals, set corporate objectives and monitor and evaluate actions and results.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB