Business Transformation Requires Transformational Leaders

As we've noted elsewhere in this issue of the Cutter IT Journal, embedded systems and wireless information devices (WIDs) are likely to become the next major wave of technology.

"There are three kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't." -- Anonymous

Success in an outsourcing engagement is determined by the ability to set performance expectations properly and to manage the engagement to meet those expectations. Misalignment of these expectations is perhaps the most common reason why outsourcing engagements falter. In some cases, the client is disappointed with performance even though the outsourcer has exceeded its performance commitments.

In discussions of the disruptive impact of the Internet on established business, the question is often asked, "Well, what about the railroads?" The implication is that the railroads apparently failed either to anticipate or to embrace the impact on transportation that airlines would ultimately have, much of that impact at the expense of the railroads.

You've seen it -- workshop attendance has been shrinking, as has class length. The likelihood that the participants that showed up at the start will be there when the evaluations are passed out is slim to none. This year, if you're a training manager, you had to cancel an increasing number of classes that are on your schedule.

You've seen it -- workshop attendance has been shrinking, as has class length.

There are enormous pressures being exerted on the software development world to produce more software faster.