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October 6th, 2008

Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]

Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 4:20 pm

Categories: CIO issues, IT issues

Tags: Information Technology, Cartoon, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Picking up on my post about failed IT culture, Oliver Widder has drawn another great Geek and Poke cartoon:

Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]

Sadly, this cartoon describes the norm in many organizations, where projects are uncontrolled spending machines: defined poorly, executed abysmally, and ultimately headed for inevitable failure.

See your company reflected in the Geek and Poke project mirror? If so, leave a talkback to share your experience.

Michael KrigsmanMichael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a software and consulting company dedicated to reducing software implementation failures. Click here to discuss this post with him on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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Posted by: mkrigsman@... Posted on: 10/07/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
RE: Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]  jmavity | 10/07/08
Ouch  mkrigsman@...ZDNet Moderator | 10/07/08

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