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Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment It is important objectives are agreed on both sides before embarking on the project. Not just procurement, legal or IT, but a team whose first-line responsibility is to make sure it delivers the benefits, works with the users and supplier to... [20 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment Yet the administration of these objectives could be much less painful. The bureaucratic bog created by politicians is only part of the problem for IT in this country. Failure to foster innovation and talent is what's really coming home to roost... [14 Jul 2008]
How will your deal weather a downturn?
Comment Constant referral is vital to understand the outsourcing objectives and how the contract can help to achieve them, as well as the applicable contractual duties and the contractual standards. A careful look at key aspects of existing contracts would... [10 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment By identifying and starting with the business objectives, you make sure that you're properly aligned and focused," says Lobel. Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying some new technology. [28 Mar 2008]
Outsourcing - life after the contract
Comment This constant checking, referral and change is needed to achieve the outsourcing objectives and to keep the contract properly aligned with those objectives. Only by doing this will it be possible to drive performance by the supplier in line with... [12 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Damn metrics
Comment Of course, in any organisation some form of measure is needed to gauge performance against stated objectives. Written at a public house just outside Morpeth, Northumberland and dispatched via a public wi-fi service from a service station on the A1... [28 Aug 2007]
Dear silicon.com... young and old, clueless managers, life without Facebook
Comment Ideally a manager should have broad view of organisation, be able to grasp detail, contribute to discussion, be a mentor and not abuse their role with selfish objectives nor be protective of knowledge. [23 Aug 2007]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment British Energy's IT department has also standardised processes through the use of the Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (Cobit) best practice guidelines, Itil and Prince2 project management. [13 Aug 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Of global warming and pirates
Comment I couldn't see any reason why this should be a purposely engineered facility as it would defy all queuing theory design, not to mention service-time targets and fairness objectives applied in these cases. [26 Jul 2007]
Is outsourcing too risky?
Comment Are the business objectives truly being fulfilled? Before an organisation decides to follow the outsourcing trend, attention must be paid to the many risks involved in this way of doing business, says Anthony Plewes. [23 Jul 2007]
Q&A: Ashwin Goyall, Oracle VP of industry strategy for financial services
Comment We see four business objectives. Oracle created a global financial services business unit in June to bring together a number of assets and acquisitions under one umbrella. Globally, the unit employs 12,000 staff, offering 300 products and... [23 Jul 2007]
Why don't we talk anymore?
Comment Conflicting objectives It's usually because they have so many conflicting objectives. Staff need to know their place in relation to others in the company and how they can help others meet their objectives. [06 Mar 2007]
Brampton Factor: CIO ideology
Comment It seems the argument is that the ideal CIO is one who is able to align IT to the objectives of such a company. It is impossible to simply argue that IT should avoid aligning itself with the objectives of the organisation. [16 Jan 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.01.07
Round-Up No doubt we've all worked with individuals who have inexplicably risen high up their organisation's pecking order armed with little more than a well-ironed pair of underpants and a few choice phrases of 'business speak' - you know the kind, those... [05 Jan 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: My productivity has peaked
Comment What we need is a cognitive approach with search material retreated and presented in some context relative to our current end-objectives at the time. Written on the Ipswich to London train and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service in a... [27 Nov 2006]
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