Do you know what value the business wants?

skeptic — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:55:43 -0600

We have been posting cards from the ABC of ICT card deck from GamingWorks to see what the response is, as a sort of informal opinion polling.

Those who responded to the last one were more polarised than the first poll. (Of course that might be becauser this time I didn't provide the weasel-option of "maybe"). Last time we asked what people thought of the statement "Lack of Management Commitment seriously affects project delivery in our organization" and got a resounding Yes. As a devout fan of Dilbert and especially The Dilbert Principle I'm hardly surprised that listless management would be a clear issue.

Let's try another. "IT is unable to specify the Value required by the business". What do you think of that statement in the context of your own organisation (or client)?

A better name for IT is "Business Improvement and Information"

skeptic — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:02:01 -0600

An interesting article from IT Week suggests a better name for IT: Business Improvement and Technology. It shows IT as part of the business and contributing to the business. It separates op-ex and cap-ex. I'd go further and make it Business Improvement and Information