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Wargaming for CIOs PDF (352.25 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]		3/26/2012
The life of a modern day CIO (Chief Information Officer) is getting more complex and demanding, with the added pressures of having to do more with less. To excel in this new business landscape, CIOs need to look at a new strategy development process. Business Wargaming adapts the art of simulating moves and counter-moves in a commercial setting. Business war games are a relatively recent development, but they are growing rapidly, and the time has come for CIO organizations to adopt this technique in order to stay ahead of the game. Wargames can help CIOs forecast future scenarios holistically and build better proactive and reactive strategies. In this White Paper, Nitin Kumar & Renjit Lal review the shortcomings of the conventional CIO strategy and guides you through the development of wargaming strategy by examining wargame types, levels and execution. They also suggest ideal circumstances for wargaming and highlights benefits of using this strategy.