Interesting post here from that arch (in both senses of the word) commentator on IT and business issues, Nick Carr, on the subject of jargon - pointing to a post by another really interesting commentator, Kathy Sierra. Carr’s main point, I...

As I write and rewrite the sections on how it is important to put the fundamentals in place, it is difficult to avoid pinning all of the blame for shoddy delivery on the IT department. Of course, everyone should take their share of responsibility...

I’m getting just a little bit bored of a certain slide that seems to appear in every single IT vendor’s enterprise pitch at the moment. It’s the one with the pie chart - where about 70% of the pie is allocated to...

I have just been editing Jon's chapter for the book on managing IT investments in the style of a business driven portfolio, and as is happening quite a bit on this project, it got me thinking and I couldn't help incorporating some of my own views...

So said the CIO of a Nordic logistics company at the event I’m chairing yesterday. He’s so right, because so many serious IT projects are actually not IT projects - there’s business transformation projects. Without real business...

When things aren’t right in IT, it can be quite difficult to put your finger on exactly what is wrong. A week or so ago, a helpful blogger put a clip from The Office on Youtube, relating to how IT and the business relate. I’ve never been...

A couple of the CIOs presenting here have called out the importance of networking as a core CIO competence for IT-business alignment. One (CIO of a very large logistics company) - who is a business leader rather than an IT manager by background -...

I’m currently chairing a really interesting CIO event in Stockholm and I thought it would be a good idea to write down some of the things that are getting airtime from an IT-business alignment perspective. The vast majority of the presenters...

One of the principles we are advocating in the book is the need to create a common language between business and IT to ensure that there is a common understanding of what the business is trying to achieve, relative priorities, the role of IT,...