Reflections on 2007 - En Route to 2017 (Part 2)

I reflected in my last post on several significant milestones that mark 2007 on the journey to 2017 for IT organizations.  When students of IT organizational evolution look back on 2007 ten years from now, what might this year be remembered for?  I’ll continue this theme now.

 Enterprise Systems unmasked as “no big deal” after all!

A veritable [...]

Language and Business-IT Maturity

Language has some interesting relationships to Business-IT Maturity.  As a management consultant, one of the things I have to do is quickly calibrate a client’s situation - sometimes, in just minutes (e.g., with a new, or potential client).  I’ve had some version of the Business-IT Maturity model in the back of my head for many [...]

More on the Sticking Point

As I get ready for a week’s vacation in Aruba (lots of Scuba diving and time with my family!) I want to explore a couple of more aspects of the “sticking point” that I see IT shops bogging down in as they mature from Level 1 business-IT maturity towards Level 3.  The sticking point is [...]