Measure for Measure

An article by Andrew Rowsell-Jones in the Australian CIO Magazine referencing some "guru" called John Thorpe - now, if only they could get the spelling right!

I never cease to be amazed!

An August 21, 2006 Computerworld article by Barbara Gomolski, a former Computerworld reporter, now a vice-president at Gartner Inc., is titled "Tie your IT budget to business strategy". Hello! Is this a new idea? No, it certainly isn't and hasn't been for 10 - 20 years - but the sad truth is that this is still news to all to many people - or maybe it's not news - just something that they don't want to hear, don't know what to do about, or, closer to the truth, don't want to do anything about.

Government Enterprise - Tell Us Your IT Disasters

Today's Information Week Government Enterprise Newsletter www.governmententerprise.com/opinions/index.jhtml had a request from the editor, Rob Preston, for people to submit details of their IT disasters. The request states that "for every FBI, Nike, and CA tale of tech woe, there are probably 100 similar disasters no one but the insiders know about. Something like a third of all IT projects are canceled or never implemented, according to various surveys, while another third to half fall behind schedule or go over budget." I would certainly echo this view and encourage you to respond to Rob.