tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2007://1/tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2006://1.7918- 2007-12-03T11:47:16Z Jack Vinson writes about knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and more. As of December 2007 Jack will likely start writing about product management too. Movable Type 4.01 tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2006://1.7918.3431 Christina Pikas http://christinaslibraryrant.blogspot.com I commented (http://christinaslibraryrant.blogspot.com/2006/07/no-wonder-it-doesnt-want-to-support.html) on another article from the same issue, I think, on the Culture of 'No'. I think the culture of transformation and change is not being led by IT departments but they should be able to spend a portion of their time in the sandbox and talking to the users.

]]> 2006-07-05T14:56:11Z 2006-07-05T14:56:11Z tag:blog.jackvinson.com,2006://1.7918.3440 Duane McCollum http://www.theinformationauditor.com/ Good topic! I can empathize with Jeffrey Phillips and his recent experience. My day job is with a big (160k employee) engineering company and I’ve often seen the same thing happening. I think that as long as IT departments are seen as cost centers, or see themselves as a cost center, then they are, indeed, a roadblock to progress. Even if an IT organization promotes “IT Governance” they often end up looking more at the costs of systems rather than the benefits. Better practice (as opposed to the conventional wisdom "best practice") IT governance is to make IT departments an integral part of supporting the mission of the organization.

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