Without people, we cannot create or manage technology. With great people, you can almost build anything you can imagine. Here is where I share lessons I have learned since the dawn of the Internet.
Effective technologists implement good technology; effective technology leaders enable others to do this. These are two very different roles. Most technology leaders usually start their careers as “line level” technologists. Over the course of my career, I have found three essential skills that technologists need to make this transition to become effective technology leaders…
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Before any organization can begin to actively manage risk, it must first change its culture to one that openly and freely discusses risk at all levels. This is not easy. It requires commitments from management and staff at all levels. However, it will pay off in many ways: higher trust, increased respect and better...
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In response to the explosion of use of social media over the past 12 months, many leaders are developing formal Social Media Polices to guide their staff in approved use of these tools inside the enterprise. By using bottom-up design principles, leaders can create Social Media Policies that productively encourage creativity—without risking their enterprise's...
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This is the time of year when we are wrapping everything up, reflecting and celebrating. When you are doing this, remember one important thing: thank you teams (and their spouses and significant others) for all their work and support over the past 12 months...
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Even the greatest Program Dashboard will not help if you do not use it to manage your portfolio more effectively. Here are 10 critical success factors I have learned in the process of using dashboards to drive successful outcomes on over 3,300 projects and programs…
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I have heard metrics that indicate that anywhere from 50% to 75% of all projects and programs are late or fail to meet their business objectives. However, I repeatedly see Program Dashboards that indicate that everything is “Green.” They key to avoiding this is picking Dashboard Metrics that create incentives for forward-looking behaviors that...
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So you have decided to create a Program Dashboard. The first thing you do is build a spreadsheet and start using it to collecting data. At the end of the month you brief your results to your executive team – and it falls flat. Why? Because you did not first look at your stakeholders...
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We are at the time of the year when most of us are both measuring the success (or failure) of our 2009 portfolio and finalizing our plans for 2010. A key tool I have used across several industries to manage (business and technological) success is the Program Dashboard. This blog series will share the...
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