March 2009 - Enterprise Insights

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IT deja vu...code generation

I suppose the longer you have been around, the more you see old ideas come back as new ideas, or be discovered by someone with less mileage as though they are brand new. Let us consider code generation... Articles (and now blog posts) appear regularly...

Published Tue, Mar 31 2009 10:03 PM by David Wright
ITIL Awareness..updated

ITIL is not news anymore, but maybe it needs to be. What I am curious about is how well known it really is. I work at many different clients and see little or no sign of it, but one person's experience isn't enough. So, I invite everyone to take...

Published Mon, Mar 30 2009 9:03 PM by David Wright
IT Projects Success - Principle #5: Once a project is started, finish it.

Continued from: ../../../../../../insights/2009/03/22/it-projects-success-principle-4-pick-the-right-projects-for-the-business/ 5. Once a project is started, finish it. Even with a good process to pick the right projects to execute, there will be a strong...

Published Thu, Mar 26 2009 7:03 PM by David Wright
IT Projects Success - Principle #4: Pick the right project(s) for the business.

Continued from: ../../../../../../insights/2009/03/20/it-projects-success-principle-3-use-architecture-to-describe-the-business-before-and-after-projects/ 4. Pick the right project (s) for the business. At any one time, the IT department of an average...

Published Sun, Mar 22 2009 7:03 PM by David Wright
IT Projects Success - Principle #3: Use Architecture to describe the business, before and after projects.

Continued from: ../../../../../../insights/… 3. Use Architecture to describe the business, before and after projects. “Architecture” is becoming a more widely used term associated with Information Technology. The number...

Published Fri, Mar 20 2009 10:28 AM by David Wright
IT Projects Success - Principle #2: Projects change the business, so know the overall business first.

Continued from: ../../../../../../insights/2009/03/17/it-projects-success-principle-1-there-is-always-more-work-to-be-done-than-people-to-do-it/ 2. Projects change the business, so know the overall business first. A never-ending discussion in IT circles...

Published Wed, Mar 18 2009 11:03 PM by David Wright
Twitter has exploded, so why blog?

Yes, Twitter seems to have reached the tipping point of mass adoption, sometime in the last few weeks. Probably because that's when I started twittering? I can think so if I want. It took an article/post from CIO magazine to point out why I might...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2009 11:03 AM by David Wright
IT Projects Success - Principle #1: There is always more work to be done than people to do it.

Continued from ../../../../../../insights/2009/03/15/it-projects-success-with-principles/ 1. There is always more work to be done than people to do it. Bordering on glibness, this principle summarizes the reality of virtually all organizations and activities...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2009 11:03 AM by David Wright
IT Projects -Success with Principles

Continues from: ../../../../../../insights/2009/03/12/what-can-you-change-in-your-it-department/ Changing project s management in your IT department: let's start with some principles that have emerged for me from 25+ years of doing IT Projects (usually...

Published Sun, Mar 15 2009 3:03 PM by David Wright
What can you change in your IT Department?

Continued from ../../../../../../insights/2009/03/12/does-this-sound-like-your-it-department/ The premise of this and subsequent posts is that the situation described in the previous post can change. What has to be done is to deliver on all those change...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2009 11:03 PM by David Wright
Microsoft Convergence Day 4

Microsoft opened the door ever so slightly on its research. Much of the technology such as speech recognition, image enhancement and visioning has been around. GIS companies such as ESRI have been working on visual mapping for a long time. GoogleEarth...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2009 5:03 PM by Sadiq Somjee
Does this sound like your IT Department?

Does this sound like the situation facing your IT department? ... It probably supports an installed set of information systems that are used by the business to control and report on its operations. There is always more than just one system, and possibly...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2009 4:03 PM by David Wright
Microsoft Convergence - Day 3

Today was a mix of some great sessions and some not so great. The best information I got was from the product information booths set up by Microsoft. After the sessions and talking to specialists from the SharePoint, Office and Business Intelligence teams...

Published Wed, Mar 11 2009 11:03 PM by Sadiq Somjee
Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2009 - Day 2

The keynote speaker Krill Tatarinov opened the conference today. Mr Tatarinov is the corporate VP of Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS). The theme was being dynamic and enabling customers to drive dynamic business with dynamic tools. Yes dynamic, I will...

Published Wed, Mar 11 2009 6:03 PM by Sadiq Somjee
Who owns a Project? and, who is IT's Customer?

Who owns a project? “You pay for it, it’s yours.” I am sure I am quoting (or misquoting) someone here, but you get the idea. For an IT project of any size or worth, someone senior enough to be an effective sponsor is usually desired, along with the budget...

Published Tue, Mar 10 2009 4:03 PM by David Wright

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March 2009 - Enterprise Insights

IT deja vu...code generation

ITIL Awareness..updated

IT Projects Success - Principle #5: Once a project is started, finish it.

IT Projects Success - Principle #4: Pick the right project(s) for the business.

IT Projects Success - Principle #3: Use Architecture to describe the business, before and after projects.

IT Projects Success - Principle #2: Projects change the business, so know the overall business first.

Twitter has exploded, so why blog?

IT Projects Success - Principle #1: There is always more work to be done than people to do it.

IT Projects -Success with Principles

What can you change in your IT Department?

Microsoft Convergence Day 4

Does this sound like your IT Department?

Microsoft Convergence - Day 3

Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2009 - Day 2

Who owns a Project? and, who is IT's Customer?

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