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Value of decommissioning legacy systems
Most organisations reward their project managers for achieving scope, within a given timeframe for a specified budget. While scope is usually measured in terms of user functions most projects usually include the decommissioning of legacy systems. Unfortunately it is the … Continue reading
Why aren’t I working a four hour day?
In the 1970s and 1980s, many writers mused that the increasing computing capability available to business and government was going to greatly reduce the work required to run our economy and society. We were told that in the twenty first … Continue reading
Interview with MIS about Information-Driven Business
MIS Asia and affiliated magazines/sites around the world have published an interview about my new book, Information-Driven Business. The article is titled Business, know thyself (http://bit.ly/cSbfgv).
To Pluto and Back
Richard Wray, writing some time ago in The Guardian, pointed out that the volume of data held is now estimated at 487 billion GB. To put this in perspective he explained that in printed form this would form a pile … Continue reading
