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Wed, Oct 22, 2008 4:04 EDT

The Business Case for Business Technology Convergence

Topic: Enterprise Management

Current Rating: 4 Comments: 0

The structured approach of Business Technology Management (BTM) is a proven methodology that seeks to unify business and technology decision-making at every level within a company.

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Sun, Mar 30, 2008 20:24 EDT

If IT does not alter an outcome, its role is meaningless

Topic: Enterprise Management

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 0

The other evening I was doing battle with a mountain of post that would rival Everest. It wasn't physically the same size, but I felt like it would take about the same amount of time to conquer. I was just about to set up base camp in some utility bills, when my daughter called to me to tell her a bedtime story.

"Here's a quick one. An oyster went to a disco and pulled a muscle", was my reply as I got up to go and see her.

"No Dad. My English teacher says a story should have a beginning, middle and an end. That was just a beginning and an end", shouted my son from across the hallway.

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Sun, Mar 2, 2008 9:44 EST

The CIO's Choice

Topic: Enterprise Management

Blog: Difference Engine

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 2

I miss Peter Drucker. He was both visionary and pragmatist: a Wise Man for the dawn of the information age. Read more »

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Tue, Feb 26, 2008 11:35 EST

How to Close the IT-Business Alignment Gap

Topic: IT Organization Management

Blog: CIO Knowledge Space

Current Rating: 5 Comment: 1

A recent article in Harvard Business Review (“Radically Simple IT,” March 2008 Issue) advocates that Business and IT shouldn’t just be aligned, they should be “forged together.”


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Wed, Dec 19, 2007 12:28 EST

What CEOs Want from CIOs

Topic: Enterprise Management

Blog: Information Collective

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 5

I received a lot of thoughtful responses to a blog post I wrote in early December. The title of the article was: If IT Isn't Aligned with the Business By Now, CIOs Should Quit or Be Fired.

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Fri, Dec 14, 2007 16:55 EST

Another Rant About Alignment (Or The Lack Thereof)

Topic: Enterprise Management

Blog: Innovation and IT Strategy

Current Rating: 4 Comments: 2

Yet another study finds that executives talk a good game about how important IT is to business operations and future competitiveness, but they aren't doing much about it.

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Tue, Oct 30, 2007 5:56 EDT

Business-IT Alignment: Too Binary

Topic: Enterprise Management

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 3

I’ve long been bothered by the notion of (B)usiness (I)T alignment, as being far too (BI)nary(!) The picture just isn’t that simple. Yet again, I think I’ve encountered why.

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