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Errors in medicine occur pervasively. They are an unavoidable part of daily practice and are made by all doctors, nurses, and administrators, even the very best. Other than in the most exceptional circumstances, these people are not incompetent, happily tolerating accidental error; neither are they criminal, deliberately causing harm.

With the wealth of information showering IT executives and managers daily, the need for simplicity is greater than ever. An executive in an environment where outsourcing is prominent has to deal with service provider issues, plus worry about satisfying business customers, recruiting and retaining IT staff, and monitoring the project portfolio.

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Many project managers are finding their experiences in deploying e-business applications extremely frustrating. Proof-of-concept evolves rapidly into a pilot project, and before you know it, you are supporting a prototype application in production mode, interacting with back-end transactional systems.


MANAGING THE E-BUSINESS WILD CARD 29 November 2000 by Rob Austin

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