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Entries from June 2009

Balancing strategic budget cuts against long term supplier relationships

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Following concerns raised at a Corporate IT Forum, supplier management workshop about how to balance the inevitable impact of budget cuts on supplier relationship, a number of delegate attended a WebEx on 23rd June 2009

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Tags: Architecture & Strategy · Business Relations & IT Policy · Governance & Standards · Infrastructure · Supplier Management & Procurement

Post project reviews

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Seven project and programme managers contributed to a recent online discussion that covered good practice, processes, metrics, and handling the results of post project reviews.

A common issue is that feedback is captured on a project-by-project basis with no central repository. This results in a lack of consistency in the way feedback is captured and often prevents subsequent […]

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Tags: Architecture & Strategy · Business Relations & IT Policy · Programme & Project Management · Technologies

IT Service Reporting - Top Tips

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Creating “a single point of truth”
Accurate and effective IT service reporting provides an organisation with a complete picture of service delivery, so IT can align with business objectives. Organisations striving to ‘create a single point of truth’ in order to improve service reporting should consider the following action points and recommendations.

Minimise the number of fields […]

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Tags: Business Relations & IT Policy · Governance & Standards · Operations & Service Management · Supplier Management & Procurement

The Corporate IT Forum Launch “The Real IT Awards 2009″

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments

The theme of this Year’s Real IT Awards will be “Pride in Achievement” recognising the tremendous achievements of IT teams in supporting the business and ensuring that organisations operate at maximum efficiency, despite the dire economic climate over the past year.
 
This year’s Awards will reflect the changing priorities of IT departments with a number of new […]

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Tags: Applications · Applications · Architecture & Strategy · Business Relations & IT Policy · Governance & Standards · HR & People in IT · Infrastructure · Operations & Service Management · Programme & Project Management · Security & Business Continuity · Supplier Management & Procurement · Technologies