• Home
  • Blog
  • Meet the Enterprise Irregulars
  • Contact
Enterprise Irregulars
Smart Thinking for the Smart Enterprise
  • Featured Posts
  • Business
  • Technology / Software
  • Trends & Concepts
  • Enterprise News
Browse: Home / Cultural issues

Cultural issues

Salesforce.com co-founder: Collaboration and the social enterprise

Salesforce.com co-founder: Collaboration and the social enterprise

By Michael Krigsman on May 3, 2010

Salesforce.com’s Chatter platform offers a promising advance for collaboration in the enterprise. Watch an important video interview with the company’s co-founder.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged and SOA, CIO issues, Cultural issues, E-Commerce, Enterprise 2.0, interview, IT issues, PaaS, Parker Harris, SaaS, salesforce.com, Twitter, Video interview | Leave a response

IT failure and collaboration: Ten big symptoms

IT failure and collaboration: Ten big symptoms

By Michael Krigsman on April 26, 2010

IT failures often arise from dysfunctional communication, collaboration, and planning across information silos and boundaries. Success requires more.

Posted in Business | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, Project Manager, Project strategy, Recruitment & Staffing, Workforce Management | Leave a response

Three truths of IT success

Three truths of IT success

By Michael Krigsman on April 5, 2010

Despite methodologies and tools to increase success, up to 70 percent of IT projects fail. The real keys are people, collaboration, alignment, and value creation.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, project management, project portfolio management, Project strategy | 2 Responses

When management causes IT failure

When management causes IT failure

By Michael Krigsman on April 4, 2010

We usually blame the team when a project to go down the tubes. However, often management is really at fault for the failure.

Posted in Business | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Dilbert, Governance, Humor, IT issues, Management, project management | Leave a response

Rethinking IT and business transformation success

Rethinking IT and business transformation success

By Michael Krigsman on March 23, 2010

Over the past several years, our understanding of IT failure has evolved and deepened. It’s now time to start a new dialog focused on opportunity and success.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cloud Computing, Cultural issues, Devil's Triangle, Governance, Information technology, IT issues, Organization development, Organizational culture | Leave a response

Dissecting a health care IT failure

Dissecting a health care IT failure

By Michael Krigsman on March 17, 2010

A new report by IT failures expert and author, Phil Simon, takes a deep analytical dive into a failure at a major hospital system. It is currently available for free download.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Cutter Consortium, Governance, Health care, IT issues, project management | Leave a response

IT failure: ‘Evil is the cure for incompetence’

IT failure: ‘Evil is the cure for incompetence’

By Michael Krigsman on March 12, 2010

Dilbert’s thoughtful view on IT failure, politics, and blame.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged and SOA, CIO issues, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, PaaS, SaaS | Leave a response

The IT failures blame game (part 2)

The IT failures blame game (part 2)

By Michael Krigsman on March 8, 2010

Further explorations on assigning blame for IT failures.

Posted in Business | Tagged Bermuda Triangle, Business, CIO issues, Complex systems, Consulting, Cultural issues, Governance, IT issues, Malcolm Gladwell, Project strategy, Vendor relationships | 2 Responses

The IT failures blame game (part 1)

The IT failures blame game (part 1)

By Michael Krigsman on March 8, 2010

Few subjects are as controversial, emotionally charged, and fraught with misunderstanding as establishing blame for failed IT projects.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cultural issues, Devil's Triangle, Governance, IT issues, Management consulting, project management | Leave a response

Curse of the IT prima donna

Curse of the IT prima donna

By Michael Krigsman on February 24, 2010

Prima donnas — folks whose apparent skill is matched only by their poor attitude and arrogance — are a plague we tolerate only out of necessity.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO issues, Consulting, Cultural issues, Human Capital Management, Human resources, Information technology, IT issues, Management, Prima donna, project management, Team, Team Management, Workforce Management | 3 Responses

Next »

feed mail facebook twitter linkedin

  • Tags
  • Calendar
  • Comments

apple Ariba BPM Business Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Cloud Cloud Computing collaboration conferences crm Current Affairs Customer Relationship Management Enterprise 2.0 enterprise applications enterprise apps Enterprise Irregulars enterprise software erp Facebook google ibm innovation iPad iPhone marketing microsoft netsuite oracle procurement SaaS salesforce.com sap social business Social CRM Social Media software as a service SoftwareInsider Software Insider Spend Management strategy supply chain technology Twitter Web 2.0 workday

February 2012
M T W T F S S
« Jan    
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
272829  
  • Jessica: Social Media could never replace...
  • Partners In Sublime: at Totango, who referred...
  • The White House Talks Supply Chain: When Supply Risk Becomes a National Security Issue (Part 2): ...
  • IT VOIR: Thank you, The information you shared...
  • Dennis Moore: Pratik - If SAP executes fully on...
  • Pratik: Hi Dennis, If SAP executes fully on its...
  • Putting Big Data into perspective – Part 1: Big Data roots and vision: ...
  • Dennis Moore: Rani - I wish I could! You should...
  • Rani: The article was awesome. I have a...
  • Don: Your clients should relax. Even a group of...

Sponsored Content

Dispatch Jobs made easy with vWorkApp and Zoho CRM
Dispatch Jobs made easy with vWorkApp and Zoho CRM
Introducing Zoho Support Express Plans complemented with a brand New UI
Introducing Zoho Support Express Plans complemented with a brand New UI
Zoho Books says ‘Don’t fret while paying multiple bills’
Zoho Books says ‘Don’t fret while paying multiple bills’
Announcing Zoho Sync: Push Mail And Mobile Sync Service
Announcing Zoho Sync: Push Mail And Mobile Sync Service

Archives

  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

Authors

  • Anshu Sharma
  • Basab Pradhan
  • Bob Warfield
  • Brian Sommer
  • Charlie Wood
  • Chris Selland
  • Craig Cmehil
  • David Dobrin
  • David Terrar
  • Denis Pombriant
  • Dennis Moore
  • Dion Hinchcliffe
  • Esteban Kolsky
  • Evangelos Simoudis
  • James Governor
  • Jason Busch
  • Jason Corsello
  • Jeff Nolan
  • Jevon MacDonald
  • John Taschek
  • Jon Reed
  • Josh Greenbaum
  • Maggie Fox
  • Merv Adrian
  • Michael Coté
  • Michael Fauscette
  • Michael Krigsman
  • Naomi Bloom
  • Nenshad Bardoliwalla
  • Niel Robertson
  • Paul Greenberg
  • Phil Fersht
  • Phil Wainewright
  • R "Ray" Wang
  • Ross Mayfield
  • Sadagopan
  • Sameer Patel
  • Sandy Kemsley
  • Sig Rinde
  • Steve Mann
  • Susan Scrupski
  • Thomas Otter
  • Tom Foydel
  • Tom Raftery
  • Vinnie Mirchandani
  • Zoli Erdos
Sponsored by  Zoho