Don’t run IT as a business, run it as a business? standard
That’s what I felt like the theme of Bob Lewis’s article entitled “Run IT as a business—why that’s a train wreck waiting to happen.” I understand that having people on different sides of an issue can lead to a more productive result, so this perspective is entertaining if nothing else. At a minimum, reading the article will expose a key problem IT organizations face, but the solution is no different than what vendors propose every single day. Have you noticed the push to “solutions” and “solution-based selling” over the last few years in the IT space? CIOs don’t give a rip about some fancy whiz-bang technology. What they do care is if you can solve a (business) problem for them. ...
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