CIOs report similar barriers to industry success, according to the 2017 Gartner CIO Agenda Report.
Gartner surveyed 2,598 CIOs from 93 countries, whom they divided into three categories: top performers (162 CIOs), typical performers (1,976 CIOs) and trailing performers (160 CIOs). Skills/resources and funding/budgets were the top two categories for all performance groups.
Here are the top five factors top performing CIOs reported as barriers to success:
1. Skills, resources: 27 percent of top performers (compared to 26 percent of typical performers, 22 percent of trailing performers)
2. Funding, budgets: 19 percent of top performers (compared to 17 percent of typical performers, 16 percent of trailing performers)
3. Management sponsorship, relationships: 10 percent of top performers (compared to 8 percent of typical performers, 16 percent of trailing performers)
4. Technology challenges (legacy, security): 8 percent of top performers (compared to 5 percent of typical performers, 3 percent of trailing performers)
5. IT-business alignment: 6 percent of top performers (compared to 5 percent of typical performers, 3 percent of trialing performers)