IT Industry

The apparent mass migration to outsourcing is showing signs of pullback as some IT organizations are actively insourcing for sound financial, legal, security, and control reasons.

IT Industry

The apparent mass migration to outsourcing is showing signs of pullback as some IT organizations are actively insourcing for sound financial, legal, security, and control reasons.

IT Industry

The apparent mass migration to outsourcing is showing signs of pullback as some IT organizations are actively insourcing for sound financial, legal, security, and control reasons.

Many development project schedules I see end with a triumphant milestone activity called something like "Go Live." Note that I said "end with," not "include."

Nicholas Carr's article, "IT Doesn't Matter," in the May 2003 issue of the Harvard Business Review, continues to generate a lot of heated discussion because of its thesis, which basically proposes that information technology is becoming so commonplace that it really doesn't offer companies much strategic advantage. Carr covered a number of issues associated with the commoditization of IT, but the following quote gives a pretty good idea of where he is coming from:

Nicholas Carr's article, "IT Doesn't Matter," in the May 2003 issue of the Harvard Business Review, continues to generate a lot of heated discussion because of its thesis, which basically proposes that information technology is becoming so commonplace that it really doesn't offer companies much strategic advantage. Carr covered a number of issues associated with the commoditization of IT, but the following quote gives a pretty good idea of where he is coming from:

There are three major forces driving the need for a new paradigm of project management.

Driving force 1: a power shift. The use and abuse of expert power by people in IT has resulted in a major shift of the control within the industry back into the business areas. In most organizations, there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of business experts' involvement and ownership in the project development process and its management.

There is a carving above the portico of the 17th century Japanese mausoleum of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. In this carving are depicted three wise monkeys in the representation of a sacred stable: Mizaru who covers his eyes and sees no evil; Mikazuru who covers his ears and hears no evil, and; Mazaru who covers his mouth and speaks no evil.

There is a carving above the portico of the 17th century Japanese mausoleum of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. In this carving are depicted three wise monkeys in the representation of a sacred stable: Mizaru who covers his eyes and sees no evil; Mikazuru who covers his ears and hears no evil, and; Mazaru who covers his mouth and speaks no evil.