5.3.2 Self-assessment for Strategic Leadership

This section contains the self-assessment questionnaire for Strategic Leadership. The questionnaire asks a number of questions to ascertain:

'how the SMT have applied their management and support to harmonise and align the institutional and ICT strategies, organisation, governance and performance?'

Answer the questions for the 'domain' that you are analysing e.g. Institution, Business Services Strongly Disagree Disagree Don't Know or N/A Agree Strongly Agree Evidence for your response
1 Your Senior Management Team (SMT) communicate effectively with institutional committees regarding ICT issues?           See section 2.7.2 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
2 The Senior Management Team (SMT) includes a Chief Information Officer (CIO), or equivalent senior ICT professional amongst its membership?           See section 2.4.7 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
3 The Senior Management Team (SMT) includes at least one member who combines a deep understanding of communication and information technology with senior management experience.           See section 2.5.2 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
4 The ICT Strategy Group, or equivalent group, includes a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).              See section 2.6 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
5 The Senior Management Team (SMT) are able to communicate the ICT governance structure effectively to everyone involved in managing ICT related teams including both key service providers and key users.            See section 2.6.2 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
6 The Senior Management Team (SMT) promotes the importance and value of ICT governance.           See section 2.6 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
7 A Chief Information Officer (CIO), or equivalent senior ICT manager, is actively involved in supporting the Senior Management Team (SMT) during institutional & ICT strategic planning.           See section 2.4.7 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
8 A Chief Information Officer (CIO), or equivalent senior role, champions the consideration of relevant new technologies within strategic planning.           See section 2.4.7 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
9 A Chief Information Officer (CIO), or equivalent senior ICT manager, regularly communicates with senior institutional management.           See section 2.4.7 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.
10 The senior management team clearly understand their role and responsibilities in the planning of new solutions involving ICT.           See section 2.4.9 within the toolkit knowledge base for help regarding this question.