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It’s not the blowing of the wind, but the set of your sails.
It’s not the blowing of the wind that determines your destination it is the set of the sail. The same wind blows on us all! The wind of disaster, the wind of opportunity, the wind of change, the political wind, the economic wind, the social wind. The same wind blows on us all. The difference [...]
Embeded from WM
Cisco’s Wendy Mars Reponds To UCS Bloggers from Velocity on Vimeo.
The customer is always right …
..and also sometimes misinformed, unqualified and frankly, disinterested. But in this service and customer centric environment, they are always right. To elaborate, what I mean is that the customer asks for what they perceive they should receive, either by implicit contractual obligation, or by desire to increase the service level without necessarily increasing the costs.
In [...]
Benefit Realisation…not just a pipe dream
Much of the theory supporting the discipline of benefits management has developed out of the research into the failure of IT projects. However benefits management is equally applicable to any programme or project tasked with delivering change. It advocates the need for an integration of the process, people, information and infrastructure elements of change and [...]
Tough times and challenges..re-commit!
Seems like I have had a particularly tough time of late. Have had some set backs and some challenges and I have to admit that for a few weeks, I have been feeling very sorry for myself and wondering why is this happening to me. Today, however, I have had a revelation. It’s all about [...]
5 tips on Alignment that can generate profit
IT alignment, if done properly, is the CIO’s primary tool for creating value strategically in the company. That is, creating significant new profit or increases in the size of your customer base or improvements in your brand. Almost always, increases in value are eventually measured in terms of increased profits.
It appears to me that most [...]
Recruit right and keep up to date
I spend much of my time in meetings. Coordinating our transformation program, supporting customer bids; negotiating with vendors and ensuring that we are looking at solutions and tools that represent not only value but are also a step forward in our technology architecture. Solutions that meet both the business needs and the architectural requirements of [...]
IT Architecture in action - White Paper
There are ways in which our enterprise can govern itself. No one person has to be the focal point for managing change across the enterprise. In fact, the correct way to maintain the link between business and IT strategy is through a systemic process. This post describes a governance process that provides an ongoing systemic [...]
Taking Control of Software Licencing
This is a great whitpaper from the folks at BDNA. It is an excellent take on the age old issue of Reducing Cost and Mitigating Risk with Accurate, Relevant IT Insight.
Download here.
The Four Domain Architecture - re-discovered.
I love the fact that almost everyday, I learn something new and often re-discover concepts that have not been “hot” in recent years. I have been researching differing frameworks and methodologies lately, in an effort to find a way to steer our architectural team. I came across an interesting approach that I haven’t seen for [...]
