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Hello. You haven’t heard from me for a while, vis a vis new posts. So I wanted to let you know that I have NOT fallen off the end of the earth.
Among other things, my wife and I have been “house hunting”, including but not limited to: [... Click to continuing reading …]
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The structure of an IT organization is absolutely fundamental to the success of that organization. Good or bad, it provides the foundation for and sets the tone and tenor for all else IT that follows. Being traditionally under IT HR’s purview, CIO’s / CTO’s often spend a good deal of time with them as regards the best layout of their IT team. However. Based on direct experience and years of observation it is clear that the concept behind the business version of KISKIF is unknown, for too many IT organizational charts leave “something” to be desired. … Click on the title to read more. June 19th, 2010 | Tags: CIO, CTO, IT Executive, IT HR, IT Manager, IT Organization Structure | Category: Management | Leave a comment |
Everyone familiar with project manager roles (IT or otherwise) knows, or knows about the so called Triple Constraints (i.e. six have been identified and are widely accepted). However. There is a Seventh Constraint, a critical one to project success that, if ignored or slighted, can lead to project failure. … Click on title to read more. May 28th, 2010 | Tags: IT Fundamentals, IT Project Manager, Seventh Constraint, Triple Constraint | Category: Fundamentals, Management, Project Management | One comment |
After posting “NotesOn: IT Fundamentals – Simple Defined”, a discussion and debate began on Herding Cats (the site referenced in my post). The result of that series of comments is quite educational and furthers the searching look into the definition of “Simple”. … Click on the title to read more. May 28th, 2010 | Tags: IT Fundamentals, IT Issues, IT Manager, IT Project Manager, Simple Defined, Triple Constraint | Category: Fundamentals, Project Management | Leave a comment |
In various articles for this website I have used, and will continue to use, the word “simple”. But using it without clarifying what it defines is a fundamental error, as “simple” must be understood within the context of its subject. It must be appreciated and accepted (or not) within the framework of a discussion area. … Click on the title to read more. May 12th, 2010 | Tags: IT Fundamentals, IT Issues, IT Manager, IT Project Manager, Simple Defined, Triple Constraint | Category: Fundamentals, Project Management | Leave a comment |
It seems nearly every IT related website, IT related seminar and IT consultancy firm broadcasts, loudly and as often and as authoritatively as possible, that Cost Cutting is absolutely imperative to an IT group’s survival in these economic times. However. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is incontrovertibly, as in 100%, the least right answer. I absolutely guarantee that Cost Cutting as a sole or major strategic initiative … Click on the title to read more. March 31st, 2010 | Tags: CIO, Cost Cutting, CTO, IT Executive, IT Finance, IT Issues, Off-Shoring, Out-Sourcing | Category: Fundamentals, Management | Leave a comment |
IT, more than any other industry I know of, has and requires people with a certain amount of “attitude”. Attitude, a certain status as a “prima donna”, can be a good thing. As long as it is managed and focused. Allowed to “run amuck”, however, and there can be problems. … Click on the title to read more. March 19th, 2010 | Tags: Agile SDLC, IT Executive, IT HR, IT Issues, IT Manager, IT Organization Structure, IT Project Manager, IT Techies | Category: Management, Project Management | Leave a comment |
PowerPoint presentation “From Idea to Execution – Working With IT” presented by DP Harshman on February 23, 2010 to the University of Denver-College Of Business course on Innovation Design and Execution. … Click on the title to read more. February 24th, 2010 | Tags: IT Fundamentals, IT Organization Structure, PowerPoint, PPT, SDLC | Category: Fundamentals, Management | One comment |
In “NotesOn: A Quick-Fix IT Repair Plan” I mentioned that there are only three steps necessary to begin to get an IT group’s house in order: 1. Stabilize, 2. Simplify, 3. Standardize. To do these steps you need to generate a plan or plans. But. What happens when a plan goes awry? … Click on the title to read more. February 4th, 2010 | Tags: CIO, CTO, IT Executive, IT Issues, IT Manager, IT Project Manager | Category: Management | 2 comments |
We have all seen HR IT job postings for junior developers (beginning programmers) that state a BS is required but an MBA is preferred. Yet, the Degree may be the least important attribute of a successful IT team member. Does that surprise you? … Click on the title to read more. January 27th, 2010 | Tags: Ability, Degrees, Engineer Requirements, Experience, Hiring, HR, Human Resources, IT Fundamentals, IT HR, Passion, Training | Category: Fundamentals, Management, Project Management | Leave a comment |
To do a “quick fix” repair of an IT group there are only three steps that are necessary for you to execute. The key, the motto, and the guiding principle behind these steps is “don’t over complicate them”. Completing these action items (they are not thinking items) will not only make you and your IT group’s life easier but it will have the added benefit of helping to recession proof your organization. … Click on the title to read more. August 6th, 2009 | Tags: CIO, CTO, IT Executive, IT Issues, IT Manager, Repair | Category: Management | Leave a comment |
This post addresses the four, not three, IT (Information Technology) Life Cycles that are on the “must know” list for those working in and managing an IT organization; one of the four is a new Life Cycle (LC) that, while present and in use, has never before been named. … Click on the title to read more. December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: IT Fundamentals, Life Cycles, PLC, PMLC, Risk Management Life Cycle, Risks Management, RMLC, SDLC | Category: Fundamentals, General Technical, Management, Project Management | Leave a comment |
This post, Version 1.0, reviews and discusses the processes of Risk Management and in particular Risk Analysis in some detail. Both were discussed in recent posts but at a summary level. … Click on the title to read more. December 18th, 2009 | Tags: IT Fundamentals, Off-Shoring, Risk Analysis, Risk Defined, Risk Management Life Cycle, Risk Management Purpose, Risks Management, RMLC | Category: Fundamentals, General Technical, Management, Project Management | 2 comments |
It may seem slightly “odd”, out of character with the times, that I spend so much time on the subject of fundamentals. And. Yet. Without them. Where would we be? … Click on the title to read more. One of the items I failed to mention in the original post on Risk Management (NotesOn: Risk Management – Risk Analysis) is that RA must be done from the top down and from the ground up. … Click on the title to read more. January 5th, 2010 | Tags: Risk Management Life Cycle, Risks Management, RMLC | Category: Fundamentals, General Technical, Management, Project Management | Leave a comment |
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