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

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


8am
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.


9am

Group meeting with IT staff
to monitor performance on
ongoing projects and ensure
deadlines and quality standards
are on course to be met.


9.30am
Checking in with IT suppliers
and their progress.


9.30am
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%


10am
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.


11am
Meeting with the
marketing director and a
consultant about rolling
out a new company-wide
system, ensuring that:


11am
The consultant isn’t trying
to sell the company
a ‘pup’.

Any subsequent rollout is
achievable from a technical
point of view.


Midday
Holding a Skype call with
a vendor about a potential
product that could help
streamline the company’s
operations.

Midday
The successful IT manager
understands that any software
solution must move the
business forward and show ROI
to the board.


12.30pm
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.


12.30pm
By 2017…
40% of enterprise contact
information will have
leaked into Facebook via
employees’ increased use of
mobile device collaboration
applications.

40%


12.30pm
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.


1pm
Taking time out for lunch,
while checking in on
breaking IT news and
investigating any vendor
offers that you may
have received
via email.


2pm
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.


4.30pm
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.

4.30pm
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.


5pm
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.


5pm
How much budget projects
have been known to go over
by:

400%

With only...

25-50%

of the estimated benefits to
the company being realised.


5pm
The successful IT manager understands that bridges must be built to
ensure that traditional silos between departments are banished forever
so any project stands the best chance of succeeding.


6.30pm
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.


7pm
Checking in with your preferred IT
news sites on the way home.


8pm
Checking work emails from the

late-shift IT workers before finally
winding down for the night.