...(2) If you don’t use a feature, does its presence constitute feature bloat? And then a colleague of mine asked one of those questions that make you lose interest in...…
...on the subject and formed an opinion. Par for the course in how we assess public policy. And then I read one more item, telling me the Oakland School Board’s...…
...leadership?” The answer (again, just the headlines): Setting Vision and Direction. Communicating and Influencing. Building and Managing Teams Making Decisions Planning and Organizing Managing Change Developing Others Ensuring Accountability and...…
...They’re for ratification and socialization. What you need to accomplish in the kickoff meeting is to get everyone to commit to “How” and “Why.” “How” is the process the work...…
...of it. And puzzlingly, Hartung criticizes Kodak’s decision to avoid competing with Nikon, Canon, Sony and Panasonic in digital photography while ignoring its Phoenix-Principle-like exploration of white spaces in digital...…
...market? ITaaS’s proponents list competition as one of its most desirable attributes — that IT loses its monopoly and has to compete for business in the business. This supposedly will...…
...their project to a successful conclusion or run it into the ground. Understand, the problem isn’t with the certification itself, and in fact, to its credit, the Project Management Institute...…
...out-of-control desktop. Look at Microsoft’s tactics and contrast them with its competitors: Microsoft invented TAPI (Telephony Application Program Interface) which links telephones and computers at the desktop. Novell and AT&T...…
...you can define useful and tallyable metrics for every control, then you really can measure things in a way that helps you manage them. And: Metrics serve two purposes. One...…
What do computer viruses and science fiction have in common? Answer: my recent columns on these two topics both generated lively Forum discussions on InfoWorld Electric. So here’s Round 2...…