Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Unfortunately, just as in the case of Toyota and GM, U.S. companies aren’t often built for change. Commitments to empowered teams, quality, and constant improvement are more than just a checklist of to-dos. These commitments require early buy-in from top to bottom, and a near religious zeal in doing processes the right way — regardless…
by Nate McKie of Asynchrony Solutions Over the last five years, Asynchrony has been successfully utilizing Agile and Lean methodologies within software development processes for both internal work and on client projects. While the processes themselves are fairly straightforward, we found that there are significant cultural and organizational challenges that must be addressed when transitioning…
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the book The SIM Guide to Enterprise Architecture published by Society for Information Management and edited by Leon Kappelman. Those who study advances in health care and other fields find a “generation” lag of about 20 years before discoveries are adopted haphazardly into standard practice. And three or…
Tight budgets, the specter of uncertainty, higher customer expectations and increased pressure to do more with less are just a few of the challenges facing IT managers today. On top of this, they must continue to develop an organization that can be effective in a business environment that is increasingly ambiguous and reactionary. In order…