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Too many people involved in too many decisions will cripple your ability to pivot quickly and respond .
Eric Lefebvre , CTO at Sovos
Key signs it may be time to restructure your IT department
Georgia-based Eric Lefebvre , CTO at Sovos , discusses how CIOs can look out for signs that a company ’ s IT department may need restructuring .
Recognizing the warning signs that your department needs a change is critical to executing your firm ’ s transformations and overall vision .
As a CIO working to fulfill your organization ' s priorities to meet business goals in the current economic scenario , you may not always be able to immediately identify or even want to acknowledge the signs that your IT department is in need of organizational restructuring .
However , these problems will not go away on their own . Fixing the problems takes leadership , determination and the conviction to act .
Here are four signs every CIO should be on the lookout for :
Can ' t keep up with the demands of the market
The current environment that CIOs are living in is unavoidably demanding . Not only is meeting the changing demands of the market important for your organization , but so is exceeding them as transformations are simultaneously being put into effect that can have lasting effects on your organization ' s objectives and goals if not handled properly .
Being unable to keep up with the demands of your industry can look different depending on your organization ’ s structure . The fight for talent continues despite double digit reductions at companies across the industry . Project costs are rising as the cost of labor has exploded and attrition can put you behind schedule . Third party software costs and renewals are
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