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Executive Update
Slaying the Three-Headed Dragon Before You Go Down in Flames
The dreaded dragon of traditional project management is alive and well and now stalking e-projects. "Bring it in on time, on scope, and on budget" continues to be the cry of CIOs and other senior management as they seek to get projects under control and avoid unpleasant surprises.
Executive Update
Transitioning Outsourcing Agreements: Barriers to Success
As part of Cutter Consortium's ongoing survey of IT executives and managers on the nature of their IT outsourcing, we asked whether companies had transferred responsibility for a system from one service provider to another. A fairly large number (59%) had not, indicating that there is not a high level of experience in this area (see Figure 1).
OVERCOMING ORGANIZATIONAL HURDLES
Some time ago, I spoke at a conference about the value of IT and the related challenge of business-IT alignment. In the middle of the presentation, a fellow in the back stood up and berated me for emphasizing the separation between IT and business.