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Category: Health Check
Why Projects Fail
We have all seen the studies about “why projects fail.” However, how often do we really think about how to rework these common mistakes and missteps? Bernhard Kraft explains why some of the most common problems keep occurring as well as when they occur in the project process. Kraft argues that issues can arise as [...]
CIOs Eye More Diversity, Less Hardware in 2013
In this article, Larry Dignan gives different types of data regarding what happened in the IT world in 2012. He also lists what he expects we may see in 2013 as well as what CIOs expect their budgets to be in 2013. Each year, more and more money seems to go toward outsourcing. Since productivity [...]
3 Ways for CIOs to Deliver Business Innovation
If there is one piece of advice that is given at any gathering of CIOs, discussed in board meetings, and that fills the minds of CIOs nearly every day, it’s that business innovation must always be occurring. But as we all know, it isn’t just a matter of being told to be innovative and turning [...]
Cloud Strategy Decision-making: Evidence of Closer IT/Business Alignment?
Strategies within business involve more and more technology each year. Take, for instance, any strategy that involves the cloud. Who is responsible for that strategy? Is it the business who is attempting to provide strategic value and profit, or IT, who is most familiar with technology and its strengths or weaknesses? This article by Carrie [...]
Federal CIOs Say Enterprise Architecture Needs Better Business Focus
The federal government is looking for ways to cut costs while improving efficiency, and this leads them to take a hard look at how enterprise architecture is or is not focused on the business. This article by Kenneth Corbin shows how federal IT leaders are beginning to recognize the benefits of aligning enterprise architecture to [...]
Agile strategic planning and innovation at Pandora
Pandora is, for those of us who don’t know, awesome. It’s an online service that allows you to type in a band or song that you enjoy, and it creates a radio station around that choice using algorithms around sound, vocal style, and type of musical style. The people behind this company are quick on [...]
IT Priorities: Nothing Changes
It’s an exciting time to be working in IT, according to Malcolm Faulkner: the cloud is sweeping up applications, the internet is pervasive in its sweep of business, and web 2.0 continues to show new and interesting ways to utilize data. However, IT continues to focus on the very same things: keeping systems running, reducing [...]
Organizational Project Performance
This PDF by Dick Billows describes both what works and what doesn’t work in project performance. Using project success rate as the basis of measurement, Billows knows that it might seem like some organizations “get it” (have a successful increase in project success) while others don’t. But it isn’t just luck: set processes and follow-through [...]
The Puppy Project
Reflecting on a recent puppy-sitting venture his daughter undertook, Brad Egeland writes this post for all of us who have ever been handed, volunteered for, or take over a large project. Egeland lays out the story: his daughter agreed to puppysit a 2 month old St. Bernard. While she had several days to prepare to [...]
10 Keys to IT Success in the Era of Private Clouds
Users expect flexibility, immediate response times, and powerhouse cloud services ““ and this scares IT departments. Many are trying to meet the needs of clients but are simply finding that the old-hat style of complete technology control is going by the wayside. This makes IT departments feel as though they are starting back at zero [...]
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