Anything Missing When Measuring Corporate IT Performance?
Let me provide some reassurance about corporate IT: all the accountabilities that are linked to quantitatively gauged measures of performance are subject to rigorous management and are never neglected. The two broad categories of clearly defined and clearly measured performance objectives are KTLO and OTOB, acronyms for Keep The Light On, and On-Time On Budget, respectively. The first […]
IT Project Failures Are IT Failures
While conducting research for Volume 1 of my first book[1], I wanted to investigate the root causes of IT project failures. I was completely convinced – and still am– that these failures are significantly related to the quality of the work previously done by the teams laboring on these endeavors. In other words, the recurring […]
Is You Corporate IT Good Enough? You Get What You Measure For.
I jog. But honestly, I’ve never liked jogging; I only do it because I need to exercise and there are times when other physical activities aren’t feasible or require too much engagement to get started. Cycling when it’s pouring rain or cross-country skiing with bad snow conditions are not good ideas. Jogging, on the other […]
Value of Technology Part 1 – Investment Value and IT Work
Let’s Get Some Business Value Out of IT There is a strong belief that corporate IT’s performance should be linked to the business value it provides to the organization. It is wise to want to bind all members of the organizational family to the common goals that provide value. But we must be careful to not […]
Constructing Digital for Deconstruction
The Citation “The information revolution is sweeping through our economy. No company can escape its effects. Dramatic reductions in the cost of obtaining, processing, and transmitting information are changing the way we do business.” How do you relate to the statements above? True? False? Haunting you day and night? Excited about endless opportunities? Need help? […]
They Don’t Know What They Want! and a Few Ruthless Questions About Estimation in Corporate IT
Estimating how much effort is required for digital transformation projects is not an easy task, especially with incomplete information in your hands. If one doesn’t know in sufficient detail what the business solution to be built has to do, how can they estimate correctly? In face of such an unchallengeable truth, my only recommendation is […]
The Inconsequential Repercussions of Poor Estimation in Project-Oriented IT
Estimating – the art of practicing educated guesses on how much time and money are required to perform something – is a difficult task, particularly in corporate IT. I have provided them, collected them, validated them, compiled them, suffered from them and abided by them, and let me assure you that this whole estimation business […]
Products, Projects and Failure
Why most products fit in digital projects like a square peg in a round hole, leading to systematic failure. The introduction hurdles of Agile methodologies in organizations are now things of the past. Any new customer I deal with has had an Agile practice in place for many years, often decades now, at least for […]
Note on the Notes
Notes on the Synthesis of Form This book is in my view the equivalent of the Old Testament for designers and architects. It dates 1964. Although another Alexander book from 1974, The Timeless Way of Building, has been raised to quasi cult level as it paved the way to very important principles in software design, […]