Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:22:52 GMT http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/ It's time to rethink the way we approach IT. For too long IT has been allowed to exist dysfunctionally within the enterprise on many levels. From CIO relationships to fundemental understanding on how to plan, build and support the needs of the business IT has been allowed to be more art than science.... What follows are my thoughts on a variety of topics within the IT space. http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/1329/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:22:37 GMT I spent this morning looking through my 2008 articles and the reviews so many of you have taken time to post.  Thank you all.  One of my goals in contributing articles is to get people to react.  Sometimes the reactions are favorable; sometimes not.What is most important is that you come away with a... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/465/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:01:38 GMT Fresh off the presses via IT Business Edge - http://ct.itbusinessedge.com/dm?id=A2987EA1B93526CD8DA0817BF71D53EAEB24383DB858D7B7"According to a Gartner report, approximately 65% of enterprise executives question the effectiveness of their IT investments in supporting their business goals and objec... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/428/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:46:36 GMT Seems to me that there are just too many certifications floating around out there.  As a Certified Public Accountant I know what it use to mean to hold a certificate... For CPAs it meant a college degree, a multi-day exam and 2 years of field experience; and then to keep it 40 hours a year of contin... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/420/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:48:05 GMT When it comes to deciding who should have what  technologies and systems it is not IT's place to say no.  As a CIO I always maintained that user organizations could have whatever they wanted so long as management approved it, they paid for it and IT could support it.  In my 9 years in the CIO chair ... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/418/ Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:24:18 GMT Many of us are asked to set goals and objectives for our organizations, departments, teams and selves.  Most of us have no idea how to create objectives that add value to our ability to focus and get things done; which after all is the objective of an objective.When setting an objective keep in mind... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/413/ Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:22:44 GMT Seems there is a lot of fuss over how to find high impact Business Process Improvement Opportunities.  This really makes my head hurt as they are always contained within the business objectives of the enterprise.  So here are the steps to finding perfectly aligned, breakthrough BPI Opportunities.Ste... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/396/ Sat, 19 May 2007 11:28:35 GMT  I just got back from a workshop on creative problem solving mostly attended by Six Sigma green and black belts. It was quite worrisome to hear questions posed to the workshop leader on issues related to getting buy-in, getting improvement pilots approved and such.  So, for those of you out there f... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/386/ Mon, 14 May 2007 17:12:45 GMT Why is it that after almost 50 years of evolution IT hasn't really evolved all that much? Oh sure, the bells-n-whistles have improved, and we do have the Internet but that is all on the technology side of the equation. What I am talking about is the IT organization. I guess, maybe it's because tech... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/380/ Wed, 09 May 2007 14:12:32 GMT There seems to be a lot of discussion as to which PM method works best. Sometimes I worry that project managers get all wrapped up in their own PM worlds losing sight of the end game, which is delivering outcomes that meet explicit and implicit expectation on time and on budget or better. The meth... http://www.gantthead.com/blog/Just-My-Thoughts/373/ Sat, 05 May 2007 17:44:03 GMT All too often, we find ourselves trying to grind the best deal we can from vendors that are critical to our success.  In short, this is a very bad idea.  When the chips are down and you need the vendor in your corner 24x7 the last thing you want is that bad taste you left if their mouth last time ...