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Salesforce.com co-founder: Collaboration and the social enterprise

Salesforce.com co-founder: Collaboration and the social enterprise

By Michael Krigsman on May 3, 2010

Salesforce.com’s Chatter platform offers a promising advance for collaboration in the enterprise. Watch an important video interview with the company’s co-founder.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged and SOA, CIO issues, Cultural issues, E-Commerce, Enterprise 2.0, interview, IT issues, PaaS, Parker Harris, SaaS, salesforce.com, Twitter, Video interview

IT failure and collaboration: Ten big symptoms

IT failure and collaboration: Ten big symptoms

By Michael Krigsman on April 26, 2010

IT failures often arise from dysfunctional communication, collaboration, and planning across information silos and boundaries. Success requires more.

Posted in Business | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, Project Manager, Project strategy, Recruitment & Staffing, Workforce Management

Three truths of IT success

Three truths of IT success

By Michael Krigsman on April 5, 2010

Despite methodologies and tools to increase success, up to 70 percent of IT projects fail. The real keys are people, collaboration, alignment, and value creation.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, project management, project portfolio management, Project strategy | 2 Responses

When management causes IT failure

When management causes IT failure

By Michael Krigsman on April 4, 2010

We usually blame the team when a project to go down the tubes. However, often management is really at fault for the failure.

Posted in Business | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Dilbert, Governance, Humor, IT issues, Management, project management

Rethinking IT and business transformation success

Rethinking IT and business transformation success

By Michael Krigsman on March 23, 2010

Over the past several years, our understanding of IT failure has evolved and deepened. It’s now time to start a new dialog focused on opportunity and success.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cloud Computing, Cultural issues, Devil's Triangle, Governance, Information technology, IT issues, Organization development, Organizational culture

Dissecting a health care IT failure

Dissecting a health care IT failure

By Michael Krigsman on March 17, 2010

A new report by IT failures expert and author, Phil Simon, takes a deep analytical dive into a failure at a major hospital system. It is currently available for free download.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Cutter Consortium, Governance, Health care, IT issues, project management

IT failure: 'Evil is the cure for incompetence'

IT failure: ‘Evil is the cure for incompetence’

By Michael Krigsman on March 12, 2010

Dilbert’s thoughtful view on IT failure, politics, and blame.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged and SOA, CIO issues, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, PaaS, SaaS

The IT failures blame game (part 2)

The IT failures blame game (part 2)

By Michael Krigsman on March 8, 2010

Further explorations on assigning blame for IT failures.

Posted in Business | Tagged Bermuda Triangle, Business, CIO issues, Complex systems, Consulting, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, Malcolm Gladwell, Project strategy, Vendor relationships | 2 Responses

The IT failures blame game (part 1)

The IT failures blame game (part 1)

By Michael Krigsman on March 8, 2010

Few subjects are as controversial, emotionally charged, and fraught with misunderstanding as establishing blame for failed IT projects.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Devil's Triangle, Governance, IT issues, Management consulting, project management

Curse of the IT prima donna

Curse of the IT prima donna

By Michael Krigsman on February 24, 2010

Prima donnas — folks whose apparent skill is matched only by their poor attitude and arrogance — are a plague we tolerate only out of necessity.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO issues, Consulting, Cultural issues, Human Capital Management, Human resources, Information technology, IT issues, Management, Prima donna, project management, Team, Team Management, Workforce Management | 3 Responses

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