Have you noticed that the business capabilities least supported by the IT team are the product and corporate strategy? Why would that be?
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IT Strategy Drives Worthwhile New Year Resolution
As dark January comes to an end, the New Year's resolutions get forgotten. Aa good time of year to look at the IT Strategy and revise the resolutions that will take the whole IT Team forward.
Managing Technical Debt
Where do you hold your Technical Debt catalogue? Technical debt is the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy or limited solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer or cost more. Technical debt is critical to being managed by an IT organisation and by the architecture disciplines. … Continue reading Managing Technical Debt
Meditation with Autonomy-Uncovered
I wish I had done this years ago, is not something I say. It applies though to my journey into meditation with Autonomy Uncovered (http://autonomyuncovered.com/).
Data Must Underpin a Mini Budgets
The current UK financial instabilities clearly demonstrate the importance of data underpinning strategy. This is a situation that is so easy to fall into in the context I work in with IT Divisions and Data Teams.
Why mentors are crucial to developing IT and Enterprise Architects
Mentoring is a catalyst for developing professional skills and careers. For the IT and Enterprise Architect they are even more important, due to the breadth and lack of process structure of the role.
Sustainability is a gift for the IT Strategy
I had the privilege to join a panel on sustainability at the WAN Manager Summit in London.
8 Principles for getting your Architecture heard
How many recommendations, roadmaps, strategies and other IT architectural products end up sitting on the shelf after getting no traction with the sponsor or stakeholders?
Start Your IT or Data Strategy Today
As a leader in IT or Data there is always more to do than time available. I found that the IT Strategy or Data Strategy often got stuck on this deprioritised pile. Sometimes until it was too late. For me, I want to prioritise just in time for when the strategy will be needed. The key moment for the strategy has to be in the budget cycle. #businessstrategy #itstrategy #datastrategy #data #itleadership
Unknown Unknowns in Data and IT Strategy
In strategy work completeness is key, be that Data Strategy or IT Strategy. If stakeholders can point to areas that have been left out they can doubt the recommendations. So how do we find the unknown, unknowns?
