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IT Failures Town Hall: Risks of Survival
- 1. IT Failures: Risks of Survival
Michael Krigsman, Asuret, Inc.
Jonathan Yarmis, The Yarmis Group
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- 2. Risks of Survival
Changing Priorities
Growth vs. Cost Containment
Keep the lights on vs.
aligning with the business
Retaining user knowledge
The critical factor
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- 4. Changing Priorities
When mandated with reducing cost, how do you
evaluate where to cut?
Those that are easiest to cut?
Even if they expose you to more risk in the short-term?
How do you “align with the business” when the
business is constantly changing its mind?
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- 5. Alignments
and Disconnects
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- 6. are common
Lack of alignment and conflicting incentives:
Business / IT
Management / project staff
Vendors / customers
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- 7. Growth vs. Cost Containment
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- 8. Growth vs. Cost Containment
How do you balance the realities of cost containment
with preparations for a recovery?
“IT will drive the economy’s recovery”
Wishful thinking or really the way it is
In an increasingly risky environment, can you focus on
anything but security?
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- 10. knowledge
Success and governance: people, collaboration, and
responsibility
Goal: Create shared organizational memory
Engaging stakeholders
Improving collaboration and communication across silos
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- 11. Sharing Lessons Learned
Social media
Empowered end-users or out-of-control end users?
Cloud computing
What happens when end-users have access to as much or
more computing capability than IT, on demand?
Mobility
Users are driving the next-generation platform.
Can IT afford to get in front? Can IT afford not to?!
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- 13. The point
Fear drives failure
…Be fearless and brave to do what’s right
But, also exercise good and wise judgment
(don’t needlessly destroy your career)
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- 14. Thank You for Joining Us!
Next IT failures town hall:
Tuesday, May 19, 11:00AM EDT
Discussion Initiator:
Paul Ingevaldson
Former CIO, Ace Hardware
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- 15. Let’s have coffee!
Michael Krigsman Jonathan L. Yarmis
CEO Principal
Asuret, Inc. The Yarmis Group
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