What successful it managers do from 8am 8pm your timetable

Find out how successful IT managers make the most of their time and make every day an IT success story... The role of an IT manager can be a highly rewarding but challenging one – so how

What successful IT managers do from

8am-8pm: your timetable

Find out how successful IT managers make the most of their time and make

every day an IT success story.

The role of an IT manager can be a highly rewarding but challenging one – so how do the most successful IT managers make each and

every day count?

Schedule for

Success

Checking emails and reading the

latest industry news and views

via your mobile device during the

commute

The successful IT manager

understands how imperative it

is to stay on top of breaking IT

developments that could

benefit the company

Group meeting with IT staff

to monitor performance on

ongoing projects and ensure

deadlines and quality standards

are on course to be met

Checking in with IT suppliers

and their progress

39% of IT staff lose around one

working day or more per week

dealing with IT problems and

chasing suppliers

A successful IT manager

understands that to avoid

wasting time and resources,

suppliers must be monitored

on a regular basis

39%

Meeting with the CFO to

discuss an IT issue that the

department is experiencing,

before delegating to IT

staff to ensure the problem

is dealt with quickly and

efficiently

Meeting with the

marketing director and a

consultant about rolling

out a new company-wide

system, ensuring that:

The consultant isn’t trying

to sell the company

a ‘pup’

Any subsequent rollout is achievable from a technical

point of view

Holding a Skype call with

a vendor about a potential

product that could help

streamline the company’s

operations

The successful IT manager

understands that any software

solution must move the

business forward and show ROI

to the board

Meeting with the CISO to discuss the company’s Bring Your Own Device policy to ensure that company data leakage remains a ‘non-issue’ within your company

By 2017…

40% of enterprise contact

information will have

leaked into Facebook via

employees’ increased use of

mobile device collaboration

applications

40%

The successful IT manager

understands that BYOD is here

to stay – whether companies like

it or not – and official policies,

procedures and safeguards must

be put in place

Taking time out for lunch,

while checking in on

breaking IT news and

investigating any vendor

offers that you may

have received

via email

Organising the rollout of a critical

software update to ensure that the

company’s IT network is operating

at maximum efficiency and

has the latest security

updates

Updating key stakeholders on all project progress to keep them in the loop and help ‘educate’ the board about the challenges that the IT department faces daily

The successful IT manager

understands that it is critical to the

IT department’s continued funding

and success that the C-Suite is

kept up-to-date in jargon-free

language

Vetting the CMO’s finalised

presentation pack that was

discussed at the 11am meeting,

checking that all technical

details discussed are present

and correct for the pitch being

given the next day

How much budget projects

have been known to go over

Fielding a late call from a panicked

employee in sales who believes they

may have ‘broken the internet’

The successful IT manager

understands that not all

employees are IT literate and

IT support’s attitude should

reflect this

Checking in with your preferred IT

news sites on the way home

Checking work emails from the

late-shift IT workers before finally

winding down for the night

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