Building your Employee
Your Employee is your company’s pillar who keeps your company going and succeed. Their happiness, joy and right mental state is the core to your...
Software Engineering then and now
Software Engineering is and will be the backbone and driving force behind the technological advancements that we enjoy and that will lead us to greater...
What is the backbone of SOA connectivity?
This is a core question that we need to ask when we talk about SOA (Service oriented architecture). SOA connects enterprise components within and outside...
Best Wire-framing / Prototyping tools
One of the most sought tools for a web designer / UI expert / anyone who wants to mock up a user interface based IT...
SOA – Service Oriented Architecture explained in layman’s terms
The core concept behind Service oriented Architecture (SOA) is that it is focused on enabling design and implementation of business process as individual service components...
Treating product requirements – The ideal way
Product requirements need to be treated with suspicion as if they really needed for the essential capability for a product release. Always prioritize product requirements...
Product Vision – Rule of Thumb – Simplicity
One would think that the a product’s success is directly proportional to the amount of complexity that it offers. In other words, majority of people...
Agile / Scrum methodology – Explained simple
Agile software development methodology is suitable for time-boxed iterative system development scenarios. The software product is released as various versions or releases, typically in time-boxes...
Reengineering Principles
The standard Reengineering principles are as follows – 1. Organize work around its end results, not tasks According to this principle, it is optimal to...
Why Companies Do Reengineering?
Companies are doing reengineering since they want to remain stable in the dynamic business environment while facing changing strategies, financial crisis due to weak /...
Reengineering an accounts payable function
Consider the case of approving a loan application. In the manual process, it takes 6 persons and considerable amount of time to accept the details,...
Creating Process based Organizations via Reengineering
While reengineering a business enterprise, we create a process based organization structure for the enterprise to avoid the inefficiencies and time wasting business process cycles...
Basic approaches to Reengineering
The three basic approaches to reengineering are as follows – 1. STREAMLIING 2. INTEGRATING 3. TRANSFORMING 1. Streamlining – Streamlining approach to reengineering the business...
Basic steps in Business Process Reengineering
We can generalize Business Process Reengineering (BPR) efforts as an eight step process as follow – Step 1: Formulate / Modify business visions, policies, objectives...
Mind Mapping Technique to Prepare WBS
I would prefer the mind mapping technique to arrive at WBS (work break down structure), due to my liking for problem solving by visualization and...
Sample Project Management Problem Resolution
Project description: Project for xyz that included development, maintenance and enhancements to the official web site and web-based intranet applications that supported integrated work flows...
Strategic alignment of IT resources – A case study in Grocery industry (Part 2)
Strategic alignment of IT resources – A case study in Grocery industry (Part 2) Japan UK Spain US Effect of economic situation The...
Strategic alignment of IT resources – A case study in Grocery industry (Part 1)
Strategic Alignment of IT Resources Grocery Industry Kathleen Chan, Deepesh Joseph, Raymond Jones, Paul Walleck Introduction To investigate how and why grocery companies are aligning...
Re-baselining of IT projects – Factors that makes it difficult and some recommendations
Before addressing the question, it would be beneficial if we understand what baselining and re-baselining is. Baselining is the common project management method where we...
Where are federal IT initiatives heading – Success or Failure – Lessons learned
GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide is very extensive and gives us clear details of federal IT initiatives. The guide, together with OMB circular and...
Ideals of Openness, transparency Vs confidentaility, secrecy
There is great effect of privacy / individual rights on true e-Government implementations. As always, the core goals of e-Governance initiatives are to bring about...
Effect of Customer Satisfaction on Funding of E-Government Initiatives
From experience of Congress itself, it should be maintained that funding of e-government projects are driven by customer satisfaction. Is this correct? I believe this...
Is there a conflict between the support of individual rights and the use of e-government for transformational purposes? Why or why not?
Based on my reflection on E-Governance reference materials and experience, I am concluding that e-government initiatives cannot be truly transformational unless the socio-political environment is...
E-Government Transformation in Maharashtra, India
The scalar transformation of e-government implementation models in the state of Maharashtra, India, took place exactly as West pictures as billboard, partial service delivery and...
True Transformation – Is it ever possible in E-Government setup?
This is an interesting and very scholastic topic to share and discuss. The basic question being raised is – Are e-government initiatives capable to bring...
Would Blogging in a Government Office be Appropriate? Why or why not?
Blogging has its relevance in supporting electronic government only if it is accepted within that localized setup and is strictly monitored and controlled by the...
Establishing the capability for employees of a local or national government to blog about their work life and access their Facebook accounts during work hours constitute Electronic government?
This clearly does not constitute electronic government in US and most of the world’s government context. The focus of electronic government is to use technology...
Effect of State of Technology Available on Open Government Authors
This reading materials as listed in the Bibliography, sets the stage for deeply analyzing the origins of the most long lasting government setup of the...
Is there a more effective strategy for helping developing countries increase the computer and information literacy of their children?
Intel’s Maloney’s words – “It’s about the Web more than anything. I have young kids …….. doesn’t have access to the Web is overwhelming” –...
What can be learned from educational experiences where all students in certain school districts have been given computers?
The lesson learned should be lack of effective direction and control in implementing the plan. I remember from IST 601 that we should control technology,...
CIO’s need to know organizational assumptions about IT
Though Information Technology (IT) is seen as a core enabler of business continuity and competence, it is not always viewed so. I was impressed by...
Overcoming Competing Commitment
“Competing commitment and how to overcome it” – A review of work done by Kegan R. and Lahey L. L. Overcoming employee resistance has been...
Theory of Business (TOB), Business strategy and more – A case study
Bertelsmann AG is the largest media and entertainment group in Europe and the second largest in the world to U.S. based Time Warner, Inc. Bertelsmann...
Theory Of Constraints (TOC) – A Case study (AOL, FCC, Verizon) based analysis
All organizations strive for excellence. The Theory of Business (TOB) of any company is considered the deciding factor, which determines the degree of excellence and...
Simple NPV & ROI calculation (Example 001)
Case: A company invests $15000 and receives a $11000 cash benefit at the end of the first year and a $12100 cash benefit at the...
Process Control and Process Improvement
Process Management has its relevance when managers begin to conceptualize business activities as interdependent processes instead of functions and tasks. The basic requirement towards effective...
Adopting "Systems View" while Process Improvement
Systems view refers to analyzing a problem situation as a system of interdependent processes that exchange input and output. This view helps to identify the...
Equity Theory – How could we motivate effectvely in an organization
Equity theory states that a person is motivated when he perceives that he is treated fairly. He usually picks a colleague who works with him,...
Different kinds of diversity in organizational settings
Two major types of diversities is notable in an organizational setting, which every IT manager should take into consideration – Surface level diversity are those...
Working as team, not always good in an organization
Working in teams does not always ensure positive results. Two possible disadvantages are large number of employees quitting the job and “Social Loafing”. Teams require...
Managers and their focus on diverse work force
Managing diverse workforce is a crucial skill for a manager since there exists both surface level (demographic, cultural and language) and deep level (personal differences...
Motivation studies indicate that not all people are motivated by the same factors or rewards
Motivation is a very important psychological driving force that every individual require to complete an effort. An effort well done, leads to better performance and...
Interesting business case review – Taking a Business Decision based on Ethical intensity and Social Responsibility
This review of a chapter from a famous management book reflects on a sample business case when a company which was moving towards bankruptcy was...