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Picture credit: Matthieu I wrote last week about the hidden risks of downsizing and Ade McCormack has just blogged about the likely impact of enforced budget constraints on CIOs and how the strain that this puts the IT function under is likely to lead to the ‘ball being dropped’. I agree wholeheartedly with Ade that dropping the ball is a very likely outcome Continue reading article » Picture credit: wallyg Bryan Glick has blogged about Why IT and the real world don’t mix Bryan’s piece looks at a review of the Integrated Childrens System (ICS) and makes the usual observations about IT projects. But I say the real reason that IT and the real world don’t mix is because there is no logical point of direct interface between Continue reading article » I would be really interested to know how many organizations practise “safe downsizing” – and how many still rush headlong into an uncertain future. Continue reading article » Picture credit: msmail Channel 4′s Dispatches duly gave the audience tonight a full hour’s litany of woe, exposing public spending waste on a massive scale. But the programme was not Fighting the Trillion Dollar Bonfire by another name, just a damp squib. Picture credit: Skip the Budgie Like many others in the “logical” profession, I have been pre-conditioned to avoid complexity at every opportunity. Too often we seek simplicity where none really belongs. The world depends on ambiguity variety and uncertainty so our systems must also have sufficient complexity; or as Ashby’s Law would call it: requisite variety. Complexity and simplicity Continue reading article » |
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