IDG Contributor Network: Managing line-of-business projects

How can you distinguish a green CIO from a seasoned one? That is simple! The newly minted CIO will agree to manage a line-of-business (LOB) project.A colleague recently related this story to me: “When our hospital’s executive team held a meeting to announce they were pursuing a new EMR (electronic medical records) solution, the CIO immediately stood up and said, 'We will gladly provide IT support, guidance and leadership, but this is a line-of-business project and an LOB expert