Rise and Fall of an Information Technology Outsourcing Program: a qualitative Analysis of a Troubled Corporate Initiative


The Principal Actors of the Strategic Staffing Program


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Rise and Fall of an Information Technology Outsourcing Program A

The Principal Actors of the Strategic Staffing Program
The principal actors in this research included two of the Information Technology (IT) 
vice presidents—Richard and Brenda. Figure 5.4 shows their locations in the IT executive 
Figure 5.4.
Phoenix Era Icarus IT Executive Organizational Chart - Post-Reorganization with 
Principal Actors 
 


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organizational chart following the department reorganization. Richard was the vice president of 
the Merchandising and Supply Chain Business Strategy Team and the executive sponsor for the 
SSP initiative. Brenda was the vice president of the Technology Architecture and Operations 
team and was the strongest opponent of the SSP strategy. Both Richard and Brenda reported to 
Jack, the Chief Information Officer (CIO). 
Despite his inherently introverted character, Richard was the type of leader who always 
wanted to be considered a mover and shaker. He had a long and successful career at Icarus 
leading Merchandising and Supply Chain software development, and had developed a reputation 
for achieving results; he was also widely known for his penchant and ability to get involved in 
the minutiae of his teams’ projects. 
Brenda joined Icarus approximately four years before the start of SSP as a director for IT 
Strategy; she was quickly promoted to vice president of that function. In many ways, Brenda was 
brought into Icarus to help develop IT strategies to navigate the digital disruption the company 
would face. Brenda’s initial strategy team (“IT Strategy” in Figure 5.1) was a relatively small 
function but earned a positive reputation as focusing on concretely useful trends and planning. 
Her responsibilities grew significantly under the IT department reorganization, placing her 
effectively alongside Richard in the “top row” positions. Actually, Brenda played a key role in 
shaping the reorganization. It gave her group the responsibility for all technology architecture 
and governance functions. This greatly increased Brenda’s cultural capital, as all development 
initiatives were required to have their architecture approved by this group before they received 
project funding. 

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