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IT Needs Better PM Skills, CIOs Say
Almost a quarter of CIOs say IT staff need to improve project management abilities.
As technology changes, so do the job requirements for a company’s information technology (IT) staff. In a new survey, 25 percent of chief information officers (CIOs) ranked “technical skills” as the area in which their IT staffs could most use improvement. Project management abilities were a close second with 23 percent of the response.
The national poll includes responses from more than 1,400 CIOs from a stratified random sample of U.S. companies with 100 or more employees. It was conducted by an independent research firm and developed by Robert Half Technology, a provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis.
In addition to technical abilities and project management skills, other areas IT staff could use the most improvement, according to the survey, are verbal and written communication skills (15 percent); organizational skills (14 percent); and interpersonal skills (12 percent).
“Technology changes rapidly, making it crucial for IT staff to constantly learn new skills to keep pace with industry advancements,” said Katherine Spencer Lee, executive director of Robert Half Technology. “While it’s ultimately up to the individual to keep his or her technical abilities current, the best …
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