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How Not to Run an IT Project: A Case Study

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010
Categories: Case Studies, Enterprise Systems

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The reasons for, and statistics on, IT project failures are well known and cited. However, because so many organizations attempt to hide their dirty laundry, rarely do we see an insider’s account of the precise points at which a project derailed. In this Executive Report for the Cutter Consortium, a case study examines these issues at one organization in the midst of a major system migration.

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Travails of a Technology Consultant #5: Scope Creep

Posted on 08. Mar, 2010
Categories: Travails

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Today, our fearless hero faces an powerful and common foe: The Clueless Project Manager. Who will prevail in this epic clash of good against evil?

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Book Trailer for Why New Systems Fail

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010
Categories: IT Projects, Videos

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The book trailer for Why New Systems Fail is now up. Click on the short video to see a brief description of the next edition of the book.

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Travails of a Technology Consultant #4: Geddy Lee

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010
Categories: Travails

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On November 14, 2000 I stood on line at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison NJ for about six hours to shake the hand of a personal hero of mine, Geddy Lee of Rush. Nearly ten years later, we meet under less formal (and real) circumstances.

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Si Chen on Cloud Computing and Open Source

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010
Categories: Cloud Computing, Enterprise 2.0, Guest Posts, Open Source

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A few days ago, I wrote a post about picking up not relying exclusively on social networking to meet new people.. One of the people I had the good fortune to “meet” was Si Chen, President at Open Source Strategies. We started talking about open source software and cloud computing, two topics in my next book. I floated the idea of his doing a guest post on my site to reach a different audience and, a few days later, he shot me this very informative bit. He’s wicked smart. Enjoy his post.

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Technology Today #18: Laura Schoppe on The Virtual Company

Posted on 23. Feb, 2010
Categories: Enterprise 2.0, Open Source, SaaS, Technology Today, Web 2.0

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These days, much work is performed remotely. I have supported many clients without ever actually being on site and, I’d like to think, everyone benefited. I didn’t have to waste time in airport and the client saved money on travel. Taking this to the next level, I spoke with Laura Schoppe, a crazy smart woman who runs Fuentek, a completely virtual company.

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Travails of a Technology Consultant #3: The Alien

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010
Categories: Travails

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In today’s post, I encounter the Alien for the first time and I try to explain what I do.

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Technology Today #17: Jill Dyche on Business Intelligence

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010
Categories: Business Intelligence, Technology Today

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Organizations are often awash in data, simultaneously having too much data but somehow not enough. Maybe they don’t have the right data or a way to interpret so much data. To combat this problem, many organizations use applications that loosely fall under the business intelligence (BI) umbrella. It’s a cool topic and who better to talk about it than author and consultant Jill Dyche of Baseline Consulting.