Software Quality
No commentsIT management tends to define QA as being simply “testing”. As such, they often view QA as just bringing in some warm bodies to run some test scripts once the coding is all finished. There is actually far more to QA than just testing, and there is far more to testing than just running test […]
Popularity: 6% [?]
CIO 2.0
No commentsNortel’s CIO Steven J. Bandrowczak’s writes in his blog titled ‘The Changing Role of CIO’ “… the reliable and secure communications technology is vital in a marketplace where the workforce is becoming increasingly mobile. In this new culture of connectivity, CIOs have an opportunity to make a difference in their company’s strategy and embrace this […]
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IT’s role in Beijing Olympics
No commentsInformationWeek’s IT Olympics Weblog quotes some of the stats as shown below from the Paris base IT service company called Atos Origin that managed the IT infrastructure at Beijing Olympics.
Systems in Beijing securely processed a more than 80% greater volume of data on competition for media and news agencies worldwide, compared with the Olympics in […]
Popularity: 13% [?]
Waste in Government IT Projects
No commentsThe Government agencies in the US are spending billions of dollars on IT investments that are redundant, lack clear goals and are managed by unqualified individuals. Some of the projects have been delayed for more than a decade and are costing billions more than originally budgeted. This is according to the GAO’s (Government Accountability Office) […]
Popularity: 12% [?]
Smaller and Faster IT Projects
No commentsProject management is changing. Rather than plotting a big project from start to finish before pulling the trigger, CIOs should get comfortable with doing shorter projects according to the SearchCIO.com article “Project Management needs to think small, faster”. Another observation the article makes is that metrics for project success is also changing. Now […]
Popularity: 21% [?]
Tribalization of Business
No commentsThe ‘2008 Tribalization of Business’ study conducted by Beeline Labs, Deloitte and Society of New Communication looks at how companies are harnessing the collective wisdom (collaborating with employees and customers) to innovate faster, reduce costs, grow the business and bolster the bottom line.
You have to register to get the entire study. But […]
Popularity: 22% [?]
Lean Software Development
1 comment so farLean System in manufacturing focuses on reducing inefficiency by institutionalizing continuous improvement of process as well as the quality of the product. The Lean System characteristics have been applied in the software development with the framework known as Agile Software Development. It has a potential to have dramatic impact on the final software […]
Popularity: 17% [?]
Negotiation Skill for IT Managers
No commentsWall Street Journal Article titled Art of Persuasion Becomes Key talks about recent changes due to globalization that has elevated the need for managers to improve their influencing skill. Today, managers work more often with peers where lines of authority that aren’t clear or doesn’t exist. Large problems need help from personnel from […]
Popularity: 36% [?]
Managing Complexity due to Globalization
No commentsGlobalization, a process that is still going on, has lowered the barrier for large organizations to expand and hire the right resources irrespective of their location. The employees and the customers are now culturally diverse and are challenging the ‘ethno centric’ corporate culture. Due to these new emerging realities the complexity and unpredictability for IT […]
Popularity: 43% [?]
Traditional Manager and the curse of Institutional Imperative
No commentsWhat is Institutional Imperative? It’s a concept that is promoted by Warren Buffett, world’s ‘smartest’ investor. Buffett describes the institutional imperative as the “need” for the managers to act and do like their peers no matter how irrational it may seem. Its peer pressure for CEOs, Executives and the Managers. I have paraphrased […]
Popularity: 55% [?]
