Hi all I think its a sure bet that many of you, for your various sins, perform “stakeholder engagement” as part of delivering solutions to your clients or organisations. I also bet that many of you would not be aware …
Engaging with stakeholders–did you know there is a standard for it? Read more »
Hi all Just a quick note for those of you who are of the academic persuasion or who have an interest in research and academic literature. Kailash and I wrote a paper for the International Journal for Managing Projects in …
Hi all There are a couple of conferences happening this month that you should seriously consider attending. The New Zealand and Australian SharePoint Community Conferences. This year things have changed. There are over 50 Sessions designed to cater to …
Warts and all SharePoint caveats in Melbourne and Auckland Read more »
Hi all and welcome to my 6th post on the weird and wonderful world of cloud computing. The recurring theme in this series has been to point out that the technological aspects of cloud computing have never really been the …
The cloud isn’t the problem–Part 6: The pros and cons of patriotism Read more »
“That’s only 10%…” One of my mentors who is mentioned in the book I wrote with Kailash (Darryl) is a veteran project manager in the construction and engineering industry. He has been working as a project manager more than 30 …
On the decay (or remarkable recurrence) of knowledge Read more »
Hi all Just a quick note to mention that I’m off travelling again, this time swapping 39 degree Celsius summer weather of Perth for somewhere between –6 to 5 degrees of Canada. I’ll be spending a week in Canada running …
An opportunity to learn about aligning SharePoint to business goals in Vancouver Read more »
Hi all Welcome to my fifth post that delves into the irrational world of cloud computing. After examining the not-so-obvious aspects of Microsoft, Amazon and the industry more broadly, its time to shift focus a little. Now the appeal of …
The cloud isn’t the problem–Part 5: Server huggers and a crisis of identity Read more »
Hi Those of you who get an RSS feed of this blog might have noticed it was busy over last week. This is because I pushed out 4 blog posts that showed my analysis using IBIS of a detailed linear …
Why can’t people find stuff on the intranet?–Final summary Read more »
Hi all This is the second post in a quick series that attempts to use IBIS to analyse an online discussion. Strange as it may sound, but I believe that issue mapping and IBIS is one of the most pure …
Why can’t users find stuff on the intranet? An IBIS synthesis–Part 2 Read more »
Hi all Welcome to the fourth post about the adaptive change that cloud computing is going to have on practitioners, paradigms and organisations. The previous two posts took a look at some of the dodgier side of two of the …
The cloud is not the problem-Part 4: Industry shakeout and playing with the big kids… Read more »