TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2021 SIM IT Issues and Trends Study
AU - Kappelman, Leon
AU - Torres, Russell
AU - McLean, Ephraim R.
AU - Maurer, Chris
AU - Johnson, Vess L.
AU - Snyder, Mark
AU - Guerra, Katia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022. University of Minnesota
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - IT spending levels are returning from the Covid-induced highs of 2020. This is consistent with many other findings in 2021, including the percentage of organizations increasing both IT headcount and salaries. The top five IT management issues for organizations in 2021 were Cybersecurity, Alignment, Analytics, Digital Transformation and Compliance; the top five largest IT investments were Cloud, Analytics, Cybersecurity, Application Development and ERP; while the five hardest to find IT technical skills were Cybersecurity, Analytics, AI, Functional Knowledge and Cloud. The most common criteria for assessing CIO performance were User Satisfaction (Internal), Value of IT to the Business, Strategic Contribution of IT, IT Availability and Cybersecurity. The average tenure of CIOs is six years (median four) with almost 47% reporting to their CEO. A ten-year low of 22.6% report to their CFO. CIOs continue to come from outside organizations at record levels (again over 80%) and 24.1% came from prior non-IT positions, down significantly from the 2019 high of 31.1%.1
AB - IT spending levels are returning from the Covid-induced highs of 2020. This is consistent with many other findings in 2021, including the percentage of organizations increasing both IT headcount and salaries. The top five IT management issues for organizations in 2021 were Cybersecurity, Alignment, Analytics, Digital Transformation and Compliance; the top five largest IT investments were Cloud, Analytics, Cybersecurity, Application Development and ERP; while the five hardest to find IT technical skills were Cybersecurity, Analytics, AI, Functional Knowledge and Cloud. The most common criteria for assessing CIO performance were User Satisfaction (Internal), Value of IT to the Business, Strategic Contribution of IT, IT Availability and Cybersecurity. The average tenure of CIOs is six years (median four) with almost 47% reporting to their CEO. A ten-year low of 22.6% report to their CFO. CIOs continue to come from outside organizations at record levels (again over 80%) and 24.1% came from prior non-IT positions, down significantly from the 2019 high of 31.1%.1
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U2 - 10.17705/2msqe.00060
DO - 10.17705/2msqe.00060
M3 - Article
SN - 1540-1960
VL - 21
SP - 75
EP - 114
JO - MIS Quarterly Executive
JF - MIS Quarterly Executive
IS - 1
ER -