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How do you manage a project that spans internal and external organizations and whose participants reside in multiple locations? What if the project has evolving specifications, a tight delivery time frame, and high executive visibility? The management of complex, distributed projects is an increasingly common challenge in our global and e-business-based economy.
Saving money has always been one of the drivers for considering outsourcing, but it usually fell behind more strategic motivations, such as focusing on core competencies or freeing internal staff for other initiatives. However, in these tighter economic times, more companies are turning to outsourcing as a means to reduce and control IT costs. Is it possible to save money through outsourcing? Of course!
When I was a feckless teenager, one of my weekly amusements was reading the "Spy vs. Spy" cartoon strip in Mad magazine. It was a reflection of the Cold War era in which the magazine started, and the gadgets and tricks used by the good-guy and bad-guy adversaries reflected vintage-1960s technology.
A VIRTUAL WORKPLACE
I spent some time this week with the CEO of a medium-sized IT strategy/systems integration consulting firm. I've known him for a long time (since before he was CEO) and watched the company go through ups and downs. Two years ago, the firm was losing money.
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Negative Synergy
Negative synergy is alive and (not) well. Smart individuals gather and produce a bad result. It happens often, and it wastes time, money, and people. There are, however, things IT managers can and should do about it.
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