In theory, CIO dashboards display key performance indicators in support of faster, better decision making; however, in some areas of IT, traditional measures are typically reactive and often difficult to collect in a consistent and accurate manner. Plenty of data is available about development and project management processes, yet the industry struggles to measure the systems that run the business effectively and consistently.
Certainly measures of system availability, outages, and defects are available, but they are reactive in that they are looking at incidents that occurred in the past. CIOs require reliable, proactive metrics that support better decision making, help to prevent incidents, and improve development efficiency; such as:
Effective CIO dashboards link business functions and value to IT capabilities. Only then can you begin to understand the impact of IT investment decisions on the health and performance of your business. Several other considerations are important for current CIO dashboard design.
Having the right data to make informed decisions is essential to enable the CIO's office to manage the organization's performance and reliability.
CIO dashboards must provide realistic, accurate, and actionable information to ensure the right decisions are made. CAST Application Intelligence Platform (AIP) offers a CIO dashboard with the data your organization needs to stay on top of pertinent IT issues. As a result, your organization remains current on development activities through CIO dashboard metrics, centered on real application data.