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Productivity in IT Divisions

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:23:06 +0000

I thought some years ago that Enterprise information system growth was more or less linear, according to a size factor. But getting experience, I soon discovered that inserting a new application in an existing information system comes to the same thing of creating a kind of turbulence which will take Read more

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Harsh times are coming for IT divisions. What to do ?

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:52:28 +0000

Financial Insights, a research subsidiary of IDC, forecasts that top 10 american financial institutions will cut their IT budgets by 30%. Money is becoming dearer worldwide and investments harder to make. Europe which need big restructuring, fears recession. For IT managers, it is time to consolidation for being able to Read more

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If you transform, align

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:01:59 +0000

I already wrote in a previous post how the number of papers discussing IT alignement suprised me. Indeed, for me, priority should be given to deciding, to planning and to setting up Enterprise Change. Formerly, 15 years ago, Enterprise Change was contemplated by planning and launching big projects which frequently Read more

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IT vision and IT Strategy what is the difference ?

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:55:40 +0000

In my previous post, I addressed the point of view that IT Strategy is not only business alignment, but should rely on a strong vision of IT role in the company. Then, in this post, I propose to address the points of IT vision utility and how to build it Read more

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What about Enterprise Architecture and IT auditors ?

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:48:59 +0000

As Enterprise Architecture buzz is gaining ground within IT Divisions, what auditors, may think about it ? Since version 4.0, one of Cobit focuses is strategic alignment which is attained by a 3 stages macro process : translating by the business into objectives related to IT-enabled initiatives, defining IT’s own Read more

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