Vaughan Merlyn discusses a new way of creating organisational clarity by using Semantic Wikis. A Semantic Wiki holds an underlying model of the knowledge described in its pages, thereby capturing the meaning of the data within the wiki. Furthermore, they have the …
Vaughan Merlyn argues that attempts to improve collaboration and support knowledge management within IT organisations have typically met with limited success. He believes that limitations with collaboration platforms are a key factor in these disappointing results and that a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach …
Vaughan Merlyn argues that the goal of IT-enabled enterprises is no longer Business-IT Alignment, but Business-IT Convergence. He not only gives an historical perspective to this argument, but discusses the implications of this trend for business and IT leaders alike.
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Clarity of organisation is particularly important for IT leaders today as IT management and operational roles are increasingly dispersing throughout the business, rather than being performed within a homogeneous IT organisation.
There are many analogies for illuminating what is meant …
IT leadership teams have for a long time faced a dynamic technology environment, where demonstrating real value to their business partners while balancing efficiency and effectiveness has been an ongoing challenge. But the very nature of that challenge is changing dramatically …
It’s always been tough being an IT leader. The ‘Career Is Over’ distortion of the CIO acronym is humorous because of the real-world challenges associated with the CIO job. I think that today is an especially challenging time for IT leaders. …
It is said, “All politics is local”. Picking up on that aphorism, I think it is equally true that all change is personal.
So Much Known – So Little Followed!
There is a substantial body of research and theory about organisational …
This is the final part of a three-part series of papers on a Business-IT Maturity Model (BIMM).
Using the Business-IT Maturity Model
At its heart, the BIMM is a communications and calibration tool. For this reason, it is deliberately simple and …
This is the second of a three-part series of papers on a Business-IT Maturity Model (BIMM).
Figure 1 below is reproduced from Part 1 and depicts the basic three-level BIMM.
Characteristics of Level 1 Business-IT Maturity
At Level 1, …
This is the first of a three-part series of papers on a Business-IT Maturity Model (BIMM). This BIMM was first developed in the early 1990s and has evolved based upon extensive multi-company research and application through IT management consulting engagements.
Maturity …
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