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Christopher Martin
CIO Profile His interest in tech has been longstanding, as shown by the BSc in Computer Science he gained while studying at Brunel University. Christopher Martin, who joined travel price comparison site cheapflights.co.uk in January 2007, has been leading a... [11 Jun 2008]
Election '05: Can technology change a campaign result?
Comment Brunel's Fisher says: "The scripted bit is important because you avoid idiosyncrasies of ordinary party members. Dr Justin Fisher, head of politics and history at Brunel University, points out: "Determining impact is notoriously difficult. [29 Apr 2005]
Brunel University's Business Class: IT projects should be allowed to fail
Comment Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett, leaders of the Fluid Business research project at Brunel University, argue that project failure should be viewed more often than not as a success Many IT projects exist to create a link between IT and... [23 Aug 2004]
Brunel University's Business Class: A programme management primer
Comment Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett seek to clearly define 'programme management' with a view to smashing two assumptions - that it is simply a scaled-up version of project management and that a 'one size fits all' approach will work. [04 Jun 2004]
Brunel University’s Business Class: Business content
Comment Last time Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett started looking at how to understand what your business really does, so allowing a model-driven approach to software. Now it's time to think about content. [20 Jan 2004]
Brunel University’s Business Class: Understanding your business
Comment Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett look beyond model-driven architecture, stressing what a business does is far more important than how it does it… Last month’s article gave an outline of the benefits - and pitfalls - of adopting a model... [17 Dec 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: Building a model information system
Comment Model driven architecture can sound complicated but this month Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett explain how this evolution is really about making IT easier - and more effective. The IT industry has, for some time, been talking about... [14 Nov 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: How to put people first
Comment A recent survey here at Brunel revealed the lack of strategic thought invested in the IT department’s most valuable asset, its people. This week Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett ask why, when every boss invariably says that they put... [22 Oct 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: Create a living IT system
Comment Brunel University's Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett ask how organisations can create living, breathing systems. Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett are leaders of ‘Fluid Business’, a groundbreaking research project within the... [19 Sep 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: Motivating and rewarding
Comment Brunel's Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett shed light on some of the options. A recent survey carried out by our research colleagues at Brunel's Department of Information Systems shows mixed results when respondents were asked how to... [13 Aug 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: How to stick to long-term goals
Comment It may be 'bleeding obvious' but according to Brunel's Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett too many good teams lose sight of what they're really trying to achieve. Statistics in a recent survey carried out at Brunel University found that... [16 Jul 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: Getting IT teams to work together better
Comment From extreme programming to moving IT pros around the business and out of 'comfort zones', Brunel's Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett reckon there are various ways to get more out of staff, helping them develop an agile mindset. [18 Jun 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: How to turn a mistake into a positive event
Comment In a recent survey carried out by researchers here at Brunel, only 2 per cent of respondents - all senior IT managers - stated they had a formal process of feeding back lessons learnt from project implementation. [16 May 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: This is how you marry IT and business
Comment In the third part of their exclusive series for silicon.com Brunel's Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett say three Cs - communication, consultation and coordination - are the key to the successful integration of IT systems and business. [15 Apr 2003]
Brunel University's Business Class: Listen and get IT right
Comment In the second in their series of columns for silicon.com, Brunel University's Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett advocate beginning with one of the first skills we ever learn - listening. Professor Robert Macredie and Dr Mark Lycett are... [14 Mar 2003]
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