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Why Both Government and IT Need Transparency

by Harwell on October 15, 2012

in IT,IT/Business Alignment,Management,Strategy

A lot of people in the United States are against what they call “big government.” Yet most of those people are in favor of government services that they consider essential. In many cases, the concern about big government is not actually a concern about the size of government — it’s more a concern about a [...]

Tagged as: alignment, cost, economy, Effectiveness, Expectations, human nature, Infrastructure, maintenance, Management, Objectives, Organizing, Projects, requirements, Strategy

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IT Alignment is Simple, Part 2

by Harwell on January 13, 2009

in IT,IT/Business Alignment,Strategy

In a previous article I talked about business/IT alignment, explained the problem, and gave you the 7 criteria for achieving IT alignment. This month I’ll give you some tips for better and easier IT alignment. I’ll start with a five-step process to change your IT budget to better support alignment. First, let’s clean up maintenance and [...]

Tagged as: alignment, Infrastructure, IT, maintenance, Management, Outsourcing, Strategy

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5 Approaches to Software Strategy

by Harwell on February 13, 2007

in IT,Strategy

I recently visited a potential client company who wants help in setting strategy for its licensed software products. In the last few years I’ve mostly helped companies with IT strategy, so I had to think back to my product development days and consider the differences between IT strategy and software product strategy. And in doing [...]

Tagged as: Change, Expectations, human nature, Leadership, maintenance, marketing, Objectives, perception, Product Selection, requirements, Strategy, vendor

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IT is Moving toward Property Management

by Harwell on May 11, 2004

in Careers,IT,IT/Business Alignment,Strategy

Last month I had the unique opportunity to help a large university plan its future curricula for its undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer information systems. The university recognizes that Information Technology is changing, and wants to make sure that its students are being prepared for the real world. To this end the university has [...]

Tagged as: alignment, Careers, Change, cost, Effectiveness, Expectations, human nature, Leadership, maintenance, Management, Objectives, Organizing, perception, Product Selection, Productivity, Projects, requirements, security, Strategy, vendor

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