The Devil's Guide to iT™ » delivery http://devilsguidetoit.com making iT simpler Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 the Sponsor owns the project http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 15:52:36 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5331 Reality: the Sponsorship attitude dilutes true accountability and ownership.

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/feed/ 0 no substitute for ownership http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 13:51:23 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5275 iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of project management. For example we still persist with the inconvenient conspiracy that allows projects to have highly visible [...]]]> iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of project management. For example we still persist with the inconvenient conspiracy that allows projects to have highly visible ‘Sponsors’ but invisible or absent Owners. The concept of ‘sponsorship’ is truly diabolical, because there is no field of human endeavour where the Sponsors are held accountable for performance. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/feed/ 0 our old iT management models are still good http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-old-it-management-models-are-still-good/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-old-it-management-models-are-still-good/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 18:27:22 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5266 Reality: right-sourced iT needs a whole new management mind-set

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-old-it-management-models-are-still-good/feed/ 0 get me my broker http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/get-me-my-broker/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/get-me-my-broker/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 21:24:44 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4711 The old Command and Control model of iT management, with an army of dedicated professionals arrayed neatly in ranks, is desperately outdated in the world of right-sourced iT, where services are delivered through a complex matrix of providers. This new order needs a new management model to get the best out of your iT [...]]]> The old Command and Control model of iT management, with an army of dedicated professionals arrayed neatly in ranks, is desperately outdated in the world of right-sourced iT, where services are delivered through a complex matrix of providers. This new order needs a new management model to get the best out of your iT portfolio and, just like a stock-broker helps clients manage their financial investments to best effect, an iT Service Broker should be a wheeler-dealer who knows the market inside out – and the product landscape too. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/get-me-my-broker/feed/ 0 that will be addressed in phase two of the project http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/that-will-be-addressed-in-phase-two-of-the-project/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/that-will-be-addressed-in-phase-two-of-the-project/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:49:41 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4835 But why can’t I have the in phase one?

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