Line-of-business analysts are advancing on IT’s old territory. Five thoughts on what it means for both parties. Read it here.
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Don’t weep for IT
Just by chance, two ostensibly unrelated items arrived here at Datadoodle headquarters on the same day last week.
First, the Department of Here and There received notice of a comment on a post by Information Management editorial director Jim Ericson about his video interview of eLearning Curve director of education Dave Wells. In the interview, Dave described a convergence of forces, a “perfect storm,” that will overwhelm IT shops. Comments ensued, including this one:
… Read the rest “Don’t weep for IT”… I only hope those who refuse to be intimidated by “IT buzzwords” understand that it’s not going to happen by magic … someone still needs to know what they are doing … and it ain’t glamorous.
Beginner’s mind in IT
A young information technology worker in a large organization follows his common sense — and his boss scolds for it. The question is how to respond.
Back in 1980, he had just started at his first job, at the CBS Television Network. He soon noticed that every week business people asked him for the same data from the same source. So he did the logical thing: he wrote an algorithm for himself to save time.
Then he did the next logical thing: he gave the algorithm to the business people. They could do it themselves, and he didn’t have to do it for them.… Read the rest “Beginner’s mind in IT”