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Combating IT failure with mentoring

Mentoring offers an ideal method for organizations to create pockets of excellence around IT project execution and delivery. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Relationship, Mentor, Mentor Relationship, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-04-16

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How to mentor entry level developers

TechRepublic's Justin James has seen enough mentoring boondoggles to have a good idea of what does and doesn’t work. He shares his ideas about how to have a successful software developer mentoring program. One of my recent TechRepublic polls covered the topic of why we hire entry-level...

Tags: Developer, Programmer, Mentor, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-24

A buy side response to the enterprise buyer's Bill of Rights (and a partial solution)

My first post of today pointed towards an all too familiar enterprise project 'fail' and the documented experiences of one project person trying to reach completion on a now two year implementation. Coincidentally (I didn't know this was in the pipe), Mike Krigsman provides a critique of Forrester's Enterprise Software...

Tags: Consultant, SAP AG, Bill, Principle Reason, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-13

BriefingsDirect analysts unpack PaaS and predict future impact on enterprises and developers

BriefingsDirect analysts unpack PaaS and predict future impact on enterprises and developersXaaS Frees Up Enterprises and DevelopersWhen we launched our ERP system "as a service" back in 2001, the impact on our organization and on our customers was overwhelming. The sales process, implementations, training, support and customization were all...

Tags: cloud computing, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Briefingsdirect, PaaS, developer, XaaS

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)

With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...

Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Open Source Commandments II: Passover Penguins

In my previous piece discussing the first four Open Source Commandments I talked a bit about the traditions of Passover, where Jewish families gather together to eat a festive meal and discuss our liberation from slavery in Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh (while the one in the...

Tags: Console, OSS, Open Source, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-18

Microsoft shake-up: The e-mails on President Raikes' depature

We know what Microsoft told press and analysts about yesterday's announcement by Microsoft Business Development MBD President Jeff Raikes that he'll be passing the torch, come September, to former Juniper Networks Chief Operating Officer Stephen Elop. But what did Raikes and CEO Steve Ballmer tell Microsoft's near-80,000 employees about the...

Tags: Jeff Raikes, Business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Business Development, Jeff, Stephen, Microsoft Business Solutions, Leadership, Professional Development, E-mail, Business Structures, Management, Career, Online Communications, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-11

Tips for future-proofing your career

A huge concern for todays CIO is developing and retaining information technology talent. For those who are beginners or a mid-career technology professional, this means you should be taking steps now to ensure youll be on the short-list of people the CIO will need in the days ahead. These qualified...

Tags: career

Blog posts 2006-10-11

Dell's success in the details

Dell's success in the detailsSomewhere they lost itYou mean details like their crap service? If success is in details like that, then Dell's best sucesses are behind them. Maybe it's events like this: "Over the years, it has recruited a number of established executives to fill positions and...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Product marketing, Mikey Boi, Dell Computer Corp., LinuxCAD, computer, Linux

Discussion threads 2004-03-04