IT Success!: Towards a New Model for Information Technology - Couverture souple

Gentle

 
9780470724019: IT Success!: Towards a New Model for Information Technology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0470724013 ISBN 13 : 9780470724019
Editeur : Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

"Fifty years after the birth of corporate computing, IT today is still characterized by 50-70% project failure rates. Which is pretty scary when you come to think of it: either a goblin has cast a spell on a whole profession - or that profession is doing something fundamentally wrong".

IT Success! challenges the widespread assumption that an IT department is like a building contractor whose project managers, architects and engineers (all construction industry terms...) are supposed to deliver systems on schedule, within budget and to spec. Michael Gentle explains why this is not possible, and turns conventional wisdom on its head by showing that:

  • you cannot define an IT project in terms of contractual budgets and schedules
  • anything can change during the life of a project
  • what is eventually delivered can never be what is actually needed

He proposes a new model for IT in which the traditional client/vendor relationship, with its contractual commitments, is replaced by a shared risk/reward partnership geared towards workable results over time. Using real-world examples and a case study, the author walks you through the end-to-end processes of an IT department, covering subjects like demand management, investment planning, agile development and managing production applications.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Gentle has over 25 years of experience in IT departments, consulting companies and software vendors in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. He brings a refreshingly new angle to an old problem - and directly challenges both IT professionals and business executives to think differently about how to achieve IT success.

www.michaelgentle.com

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Éditeur
Wiley
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0470724013
ISBN 13 
9780470724019
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
182
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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