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Forget Everything You've Learnt About Project Delivery, Part 1: Scope Management 05 February, 2008 12:58:54
Acknowledging the two types of scope can force some of the problems with scope management to disappearAcknowledging the two types of scope can force some of the problems with scope management to disappear
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Outsourcing contracts at risk 29 January, 2008 16:09:06
Management must act to protect investments over the long termBusinesses are in danger of losing control of their outsourced IT projects due to a lack of internal IT leadership, poor business sourcing strategies, inadequate relationship building and a failure to provide the right internal resources and skills, according to a study commissioned by LogicaCMG as part of its Outsourcing Enterprise whitepaper series. - +
Healthcare systems under pressure as costs continue to rise 18 December, 2007 14:59:12
ICT critical to reducing healthcare burdenAdvances in ICTwill play a critical role in the future of health with the CSIRO investigating a range of technologies to reduce the burden of spiralling healthcare costs. - +
Mining group installs e-recruitment to create international talent pool 12 December, 2007 08:43:55
System will allow Xstrata greater exposure to advertise vacant positionsGlobal mining group Xstrata which operates in 18 countries is deploying an online recruitment system throughout its global network. - +
Juniper opens up to third-party development 10 December, 2007 12:08:22
New software development kit for customers and partnersJuniper Networks has announced a Partner Solution Development Platform (PSDP) allowing customers and partners to develop specialized applications on its JUNOS operating system. - +
Former Telstra GM joins EA consultancy 19 December, 2007 09:39:26
Founding member of ArcBokConsultancy Enterprise Architects (EA) has recruited former Telstra general manager, Mac Lemon, to lead its consulting and advisory practice.
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The development of innovative products and services - or for the sake of brevity, let us just call it new product development - is an imperative for enterprises of every stripe in response to rising stakeholder expectations and growing market competition. Unsurprising then that when asked about such things in the latest Gartner survey of CIOs, supporting and driving new product development was one of the predominant IT issues for 2008 and beyond.
New product development is an opportunity for the CIO to show that they are a business leader and for an IT department to show it is well aligned with enterprise goals. What distinguishes a CIO business leader and their IT organization is where and how they choose to focus their efforts. Choosing to play a passive role and focusing on not dropping the ball is not particularly value adding in the long run. Rather, choosing to play an active role and focusing on bringing new products to maturity is where the value is.
IT has more product development capabilities than most people,including many IT people, realize
For those CIOs seeking to position their IT organization to play this active role in new product development, there are a number of different paths that can be taken. For those of a more traditional disposition, or operating in an industry where IT really can't make a direct contribution to new product development (surely they must exist), there is the participating route.
Participating in product development. New product development is an information-intensive process, requiring high-quality data from across the enterprise to plan, configure, develop and deploy products and services. CIOs and IT can participate in this process by helping to address challenges associated with these activities.
The first step of participation usually involves implementing and then integrating product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) tools with existing enterprise systems. PDM uses controls and governance to capture and maintain a product's definition and related data through all phases of its life - from inception to retirement.
The most popular PDM software applications are library functions (search and file check-in/check-out), management of bills of materials, product configuration management and engineering change management. PDM is a core enabler of product-related collaboration and PLM.
PLM guides product decisions throughout the product lifecycle. PLM pays particular attention to initial product development decisions, as they have the greatest influence on total product lifecycle costs.
The aim of PLM at every phase is to provide the greatest business value to the enterprise and its trading partners. PLM employs product information and business analysis to support strategy, planning, governance, content capture, content control and execution.
There is, however, another set of resources that the CIO and IT organization have at their disposal: know-how. IT has more product development capabilities than most people, including many IT people, realize. CRM and ERP systems managed by IT combine information and automation to bring the value proposition of the product or service to the customer.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Corporate security and the climate crisis 03 October, 2008 11:21:00
How to adapt security and risk management policies - including IT security - to deal with climate change.US military strategists, CIA analysts, international agency officials and Nobel Prize winning economists concur with the consensus of the world's scientific community: the Climate Crisis is a planetary security issue, as well as a national security issue for each of the one hundred ninety two countries that belong to the United Nations. But the Climate Crisis is also, by extension, a corporate security issue, as well as, yes, a cyber security issue. - +
Companies own up to virtual security blind spot 02 October, 2008 11:05:00
VMWorld attendees reveal vast majority of companies have little or no security in place for their virtual systems.The vast majority of companies have little or no security in place for their virtual systems. That is a scary statistic revealed in a survey of attendees at the recent VMWorld 2008 conference in Las Vegas. - +
How to minimize the impact of a data breach 01 October, 2008 08:54:00
ID Experts' Rick Kam describes a customer-centric action planThirty-one percent of customers--nearly one-third of a company's client base and revenue source--are terminating their relationship with organizations following a data breach, according to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute. - +
Five mistakes security pros would make again 30 September, 2008 10:18:00
Whether it's getting fired for standing up for what's right or making a network configuration mistake that leads to better security, there are some mistakes worth making. Five security pros offer personal examples.Ten years ago, Michael Riva was network administrator for a top-five American consultancy. Employees were downloading graphic pictures and videos onto the network. Riva told his boss a proxy server with content filtering might be in order; his boss laughed and suggested they put in a bigger file server instead. - +
What does the financial meltdown mean for security? 29 September, 2008 10:25:00
Bill Brenner wonders if it's irrational or appropriate to make connections between the current financial crisis and the state of securityAt first, this was going to be a column about the PR machine's hyperbolic efforts to connect the state of IT and security with the current financial crisis. Indeed, some have shamelessly sent me story pitches that try to get some bang out of the Wall Street meltdown.
Multimedia Technology & EVERKI sign exclusive distribution agreement. 06 October, 2008 14:34:00
ONCE A YEAR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE VENDORS! 06 October, 2008 13:48:00
New IBM Cognos Analytic Application Enables Quick, Actionable Insights Into Financial Performance 03 October, 2008 14:41:00
Verizon Business Data-Breach Report Examines Industry-Specific Challenges 03 October, 2008 12:24:00
IBM Launches Cognos 8 v4 - New Business-Driven Performance Management Software 02 October, 2008 12:02:00
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