...it. Firewalls: You need one per company, of course, not a particularly sophisticated insight by itself. Each company needs to protect its network from its trusted partners. Don’t, by the...…
...rating a proportion of the total (“p” in the formula). Compute the formula – call it “application complexity” (more complex environments need more information to describe them). Fewer, better-integrated applications...…
...systems into the shadow-IT system, and to re-key data from it back into the company’s systems of record. The former isn’t a problem. If the department head decides re-keying into...…
...operate in real time. Figure out how to switch one class of updates at a time from the batch queue to online transaction processing and incorporate this into your overall...…
...a 31” inseam, but the best fitting pants I can buy come in at either 30 or 32 inches. A pants manufacturing and inventory stocking process that delivers only even-numbered...…
...needs to embrace: It’s always the culture. Sure, skills and experience, tools and technologies, and processes and procedures matter too. For example: Just as you thought it couldn’t be any...…
...10 and 15 percent, based on the entire company and individual workgroups meeting preset goals. Still, for quite some time, employees rated their satisfaction poorly. In response, the company’s executives...…
...Its specialization of roles adds overhead, impairs communication, delays delivery (it increases cycle time), and limits flexibility and richness of function (it reduces excellence). We call the alternative “Agile.” It...…
...form the backdrop for these interactions: (1) Visibility = Dissatisfaction; (2) You need to provide stealth end-user support; and (3) IS isn’t the expert when it comes to personal computers....…
...it was Jack Welch, too many business leaders decided it must be a great idea. If you inherit a complacent, flabby organization this might be just the ticket … for...…
