Business-IT Maturity - Implications of Discontinuities

Yesterday I suggested a refinement to the single, continuous “S” curve Business-IT Maturity model, to one comprised of a series of “S” curves, with discontinuities between them.  I think the refinement is more than trivial, and certainly not simply cosmetic.  I’ve blogged before on the notion of Level 2 “sticking points.”   These are behaviors and [...]

Re-thinking Business-IT Maturity

It’s time to update our venerable Business-IT Maturity curve - this is a BIG DEAL!  (Well, at least it is to some of us!)
For the last 10 years or so I have been drawing a simplified version of the Business-IT Maturity curve as a single ‘S’ curve, or learning curve.  I typically talk about three [...]

Improve or Innovate?

My last couple of posts have been on ITIL, where I presented my argument that approaches such as this (and CMMI) are necessary but not sufficient to take Business-IT Maturity to the next level.  They are necessary because they help build a solid foundation for IT operations and services.  They are insufficient because they typically [...]

Does Your IT Organization Embrace the Future?

I talked in my last post (Business-IT Maturity: Theory of the Case - Part 1) about IT leadership either being “victims” of the trends and drivers around them, or leveraging them for advantage.  I want to expand on that thought today.
I’m afraid if history is any indicator, the natural behavior of IT leaders is to [...]

Business-IT Maturity: Theory Of The Case - Part 1

I’d like to begin examining and making explicit a theory of the case for “Next Generation IT Capability.”  By theory of the caseI mean to identify the major drivers behind increasing business-IT maturity, and lay out some basic principles of business-IT evolution - how today’s IT shops are evolving to capitalize on emerging technologies (e.g., Web [...]

Idris Mootee on Creativity, Social Networking and Experience Design

A light post today, as I want to point to some excellent thinking on topics related to IT maturity and evolution.  Occasionally, I’ve referred to the connection between increasing business-IT maturity and Next Generation Enterprises (Enterprise 2.0).  A key characteristic of Next Generation Enterprises is their leveraging of Web 2.0 technologies, including Social Networking.
As I’ve [...]

Do You Twitter

If you are like me - relatively new to the emerging web 2.0 universe, you might be afraid to admit that you only have a vague notion (no idea???) what all this “twitter” stuff is about.  I came across this What’s Twitter post yesterday, and found it helpful.  It appears on the intriguingly titled Fractals [...]