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IT Management
Theory of Constraints in IT: Keeping Busy, but Adding No Value?
A good conversation this week with some IT folks, talking about how Lean principles apply to IT work. The specific topic was the Theory of Constraints, and the example used was optimization of a production line. To fully optimize the whole line, it’s entirely probable that we will be underutilizing a specific workstation. If we [...]
IT Budget Hacking (w$$t)
Some block-and-tackle IT management stuff for today – taking a long, hard look at the IT budget, a task that is less-than-pleasant for many. Most of my peers have already cut any and all low hanging fruit – it’s time to start thinking aggressively. Software Maintenance for the Small Stuff Most have concentrated on their [...]
College Professor uses Tried-and-True method for Encouraging Knowledge Sharing
via Slashdot a few weeks ago, and Ars Technica; at the University of Washington-Bothell, Martha Groom recently assigned her students to work on Wikipedia entries, and add to the knowledge base. An interesting approach; I found the reaction of the Wikipedia community most interesting, in that the entries were aggressively edited and commented upon – [...]
is it IS? IT?
Just a quick note on this article – way too much thinking going on. We once changed the name of an internal DP / MIS team from “CIS” or IS” to IT, primarily to signal a regime change, a philosophy change. Other than internal marketing efforts, a name is a name.
Strategies for Risk Sharing in Consulting Engagements
I am late is responding to a comment on this post, first in a series about Consulting Engagements. Earlier this week it was Intellectual Property, with another good comment … so, why all the harsh language about protecting IP that I probably can’t commercialize? Ah – welcome to the world of Risk Sharing. The issue [...]
Pendulum swings – Santayana says …
I saw Stewart’s article on customized software in ComputerWorld this week, and googled (Googled?) a bit more and found a pair of good posts from Scavo (Keller/AMR started it all), speaking of an apparent trend back to favoring custom-built software in business today. A few thoughts … A classic blunder made by many corporate IT [...]
Enough statistics to justify good or bad news
ITFacts.Biz has been updating us with lots of good stats, and I’ve been noticing many posts on multiple blogs focuses on two somewhat contradictory views on the state of IT in the US. I think the best take on the situation is to not worry so much about exactly what’s happening and where we’re going, [...]
Crazy busy but I gotta post something
I’ve had these two articles / subjects earmarked in my Bloglines lists to comment against, gotta do some catching up here … Blown Away: an interesting post from Loosely Coupled, for a couple of reasons … The first bullet – contrasting custom and packaged software – really speaks to the concept that most companies developing [...]
“New” Job, Same Location
An unexpected event this past week – turnover at the top IT position here, as our CIO is moving on to another opportunity. It is a great move for him, puts him back into the (larger) size and scope of company that he has worked at in the past – congratulations all around. The transition [...]
Kevin, M.D. – Medical Weblog
Re: Kevin, M.D. – Medical Weblog Reported in multiple places, I’m not the first. Key is that this seems to be an interesting trend – folks of a given area of interest using blogs to communicate / push info in a new way. I’m looking out for blogs similar to mine, trying to add to [...]
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