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- Enterprise unplugged: Riffing on failure and performance
- I chatted about enterprise issues and IT failure with Naomi Bloom and Nenshad Bardoliwalla, top enterprise experts willing to openly share what they know. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Performance, Failure, Enterprise, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- ZDNet open source blogger, Dana Blankenhorn, says open source software offers at least a partial solution to the problem of IT failures. Let's examine that view. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Open-source Software, Failure, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Learning from the weak signals of failure
- Many victims of failed projects claim they were blindsided by problems that arose suddenly out of nowhere. In reality, the notion that failures spontaneously arise without warning is nonsense. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Failure, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Failure as a springboard to success
- Failure should also be embraced in your communities. We admire leaders who are humble, honest and frank, and we grumble about leaders who are defensive and abrasive. Be the former, and your community will love you for it. by Jono Bacon
- Tags: Community, Leader, Failure, Leadership, Management, Jono Bacon
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Scholarly interest in IT failure and waste
- The non-technical academic world has become interested in ethical issues surrounding IT failure and wasted resources. Here's a presentation on failure I'm giving to a scholarly audience. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion
- The total annual cost of worldwide IT failures is $6.2 trillion dollars, according to calculations performed by Roger Sessions, über-expert enterprise architect and CTO of ObjectWatch. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- CRM success: An IT failures virtual town hall meeting
- Join me and the co-founder of ACT! for a great discussion about CRM failure and how to prevent it. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Failure, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Video: The lessons of failure
- Folks in many companies do not understand the natural cycle of failure, and therefore are doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. This video teaches us to value the lessons of failure. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Video, Failure, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-09-12
- The taboo of failure
- Failure is taboo subject to discuss in many organizations, but former Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, offers great advice. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Failure, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-09-07
- Five ways to avoid Enterprise 2.0 failure
- Accompanying analysis of failure with discussion of success helps teach great lessons. In this spirit, guest blogger, Sameer Patel, describes ways to avoid failure and achieve successful Enterprise 2.0 projects. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Failure, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Corsair pulls Dominator GT DDR3 memory because of failures
- If you own a set of ultra-high spec DDR3 RAM, then chances are high that your RAM uses Elpida "Hyper" integrated circuits. Amid concerns of higher than average failures of both Corsair RAM and memory from other vendors, Corsair has withdrawn all Hyper-based modules. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Memory, Failure, Flash Memory, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Kill your dead horse failures fast!
- Some projects will never (as in no chance, baby) achieve intended goals, despite substantial investment of time, resources, and political capital. For your own sake, kill these failures fast. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Failure, Investment, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Reiki: Serviceability Architecture and Approach for Reduction and Management of Product Service Incidents
- There is a significant number of IT failures per year because parts fail, products are used in ways they were not designed for, and humans make errors in using products. These failures result in incidents that product vendors service as a part of the warranty or contracts. Incidents incur significant...
- Tags: Incident, IEEE, Failure, Call Centers, It Operations
- White papers 2009-04-21
- 5 reasons to discuss failure
- There are five key reasons I believe analyzing failures leads to greater insight and higher value than merely talking about success. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Failure, Blogging, Professional Development, Project Management, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Career, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- IDC Directions09: Analyst perspectives on IT failure
- While attending the Directions09 conference in Boston today, I explored why IT projects fail in conversations with two IDC analysts. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Failure, International Data Corp., Business Stakeholder, Melinda, Collaboration, Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- UK prison IT: Massive and 'spectacular' failure
- The UK National Offender Management Information System project failed amid scathing attacks, accusations of mismanagement, and vast budget overruns. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Project, Information Technology, Supplier, Failure, C-NOMIS, NOMS, Offender Database, Strategy, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Marketing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-14
- Failure statistics in Yemen
- Not technology, but definitely related to failed projects, the Yemeni government released statistics about failure in various industry segments. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Failure, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- Managing Requirements & Improving Quality
- Failures to define, communicate, and validate business requirements are the root causes of many software-project delays, overruns, and failures. There is a growing realization of the importance of proper development of requirements at every level in the organization. The goal of this paper is to show how the TraceCloud system...
- Tags: Failure, TraceCloud
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Maximum Availability: Minimum Downtime
- Many people have experienced the effects of some type of computer system failure. Even if one happens to have replacement equipment readily available, restoring settings, files, and programs is time consuming and these may never be restored to exactly the way they were before the failure. Keeping below the point...
- Tags: Computer System, Downtime, Failure, Computer, Zebis, Productivity
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Application of Data Mining in Failure Data Analysis
- The paper outlines the application of two data mining techniques for the automatic processing of failure data. The first solutions aims at identifying those parts of a complex HW/SW system built up of COTS components whose incompatibilities or undesired interactions lead to system failures. The second approach is proposed for...
- Tags: Data Analysis, Failure, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2009-01-01
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