Caution! Sharp People: Managing Cutting-Edge Talent in the IT Shop

by Gabriele Piccoli

With this issue of Cutter Benchmark Review we focus once again on the management of IT talent. Over the three years of my editorship at CBR, we have published benchmark studies on the offshoring of talent ("Offshoring: Lessons from Successful and Challenged Adopters ," Vol. 7, No. 10, October 2007), on the development of future IT leaders and CIOs ("Career Isn't Over: How CIOs Are Reaching New Heights ," Vol. 7, No. 4, April 2007), and on managing dispersed development groups and virtual teams ("The Virtual Team Is the New Team: Get Ready to Manage It," Vol. 6, No. 7, July 2006). In this issue we turn once again to the managerial and human resources challenges in the IT shop by focusing on managing technical talent.