Agree you with....
Given Linux is is a Unix clone, I doubt you're going to get too much pushback there. Windows to Linux would have been a better point.
View ArticleIt's been my experience that lack of people skills
leads to frequent claims of, and complaints about, uncooperative, and/or unhelpful, users.
View ArticleHostile clients
While their existence seems to be fading somewhat, there are still quite a few business operators who resent the necessity of technology in relation to operating their business. It usually steams from...
View ArticleProject mgmt?
I think that IT management in general is always an issue. Sometimes we get someone who has a background in actually managing something, but is the quintessential "Etch a Sketch" boss The other times...
View ArticleLack of IT Asset Management
IT asset management is focused on getting the most value from an organization's IT assets. This is accomplished by people with soft skills that can bridge the gap between IT and the business. The IT...
View ArticleFailure to Prioritize
Here is a big one: Frequently representatives of the "business" side of the business fail to define and communicate meaningful business priorities for the use of limited IT resources. (Important point:...
View ArticleAdd: Shifting/Inconsistent Priorities
If there is a prioritized list of tasks that is constantly being assessed and re-ordered there is a danger of new tasks trumping old and the items in slots 6 and above stagnate as new "more important"...
View Article!0 of the biggest sand trats
You mention 10 points. But do not underestimate number 11: lach of BUSINESS knowledge! Know your customer and his/her business/environment!Kees HeyningThe Netherlands
View Article11. "Throw It Over The Fence To Whatever In-House Staff There Is"
Companies are enamored of outsourcing - outsourced data centers, application development, what have you. So, applications (especially large ones such as ERP) are often done offshore, by the integration...
View Article#8 is not just jargon.
1. I've spent a career interpreting between bureaucrat, accounting, medical, and programming. These worlds are separated by a common language that leads to misunderstandings and misdirected efforts....
View ArticleAgressive project deadlines - another cause
I have often found that there can be a culture of underestimating project duration. This is because less experienced programmers want to be seen as sharp and able to jump tall buildings in a single...
View ArticleUNIX to Linux?
UNIX to Linux or MacOS, that would be fairly easy.UNIX to Windows Server that would be a lot more challenging.
View ArticleBudget
I think one of the biggest sand traps is to promise results that exceed the budget resources this would include staff and materials.There have been many cases where I have faced a situation of 'you...
View ArticleDon't assume that the value of change is intuitively obvious
My BA team spent months discussing the queue of outstanding defects and the design limitations of a current business system. Then we created a new design that was elegant, flexible and offered...
View ArticleMoving to an upgrade app
When Users would complain about moving to a new version of an application, I would tell them, "If you're an expert on an application, you're using an old version."
View ArticleLack of people skills is #1
IT people forget that their only purpose is to keep everyone else working. Nothing more and definitely nothing less.
View ArticleSolving a generally unperceived problem.
If the change requires a significant amount of behavioral difference and there is no general recognition that the change is required, the problem of installing that change grows exponentially. Moving...
View ArticleMountains out of Molehills
It is hard not to sound patronising about this, but sometimes the developer knows best. Users, contract managers or project managers may see a feature they do not like while the project is being...
View ArticleUnix to Linux?
I don't understand why people think Linux is NOT a UNIX platforms; all you have to do is look at it's structure and commands to see that it is one of the UNIX platforms flavors. Like all UNIX...
View ArticleIf you want users to think that you're a wiseguy...
that's exactly the right thing to say. Innovation for the sake of innovation, right?"But the new version has a lot of new features!" Does the user need them? More importantly, does the user KNOW that...
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