Well sit back, relax and let me tell you!
It would be a gross oversimplification to say that there are only two ways to manage a software design and implementation project but humour me for the moment. I have years of experience in the industry in the US, Europe and the Far East so I do know whereof I speak.
Method 1: a team consisting of management and / or IT only, or at least predominately so, decides what will be done, by whom and when. These projects generally, but I admit not always, end in abject failure.
Method 2: a team consisting of operational management, operation users and IT staff of all levels performs the business analysis, scopes the task, enlists design, coding and implementation teams of volunteers and jointly manages the project. The end users are considered owners of the project and make the ultimate decisions. These projects have a higher probability of success and user satisfaction. Given that we are talking about IT here the failure rate is still rather high.
It would seem Bush&co have opted for method 1 for the surge project and guess what, the end users, the Iraqis, aren't well pleased with a project mapped out in Washington without a great deal of their input.
I mean whose fucking country is it anyway? Oh yeah, I forgot, it's ExxonMobilShellBPFinaTotalLukol's country.
It would be a gross oversimplification to say that there are only two ways to manage a software design and implementation project but humour me for the moment. I have years of experience in the industry in the US, Europe and the Far East so I do know whereof I speak.
Method 1: a team consisting of management and / or IT only, or at least predominately so, decides what will be done, by whom and when. These projects generally, but I admit not always, end in abject failure.
Method 2: a team consisting of operational management, operation users and IT staff of all levels performs the business analysis, scopes the task, enlists design, coding and implementation teams of volunteers and jointly manages the project. The end users are considered owners of the project and make the ultimate decisions. These projects have a higher probability of success and user satisfaction. Given that we are talking about IT here the failure rate is still rather high.
It would seem Bush&co have opted for method 1 for the surge project and guess what, the end users, the Iraqis, aren't well pleased with a project mapped out in Washington without a great deal of their input.
I mean whose fucking country is it anyway? Oh yeah, I forgot, it's ExxonMobilShellBPFinaTotalLukol's country.
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