http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,1000028535b,00.htm john.moe@alphacourt.com's Blog - Moe's SOA en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:39:14 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:39:14 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) With the festive season well underway and a distinct financial chill in the air, I thought that I would add to your seasonal cheer with some advice on buying on the cheap. Everyone seems to be looking for a bargain, either to meet their restricted budget... zdnetuk/10014609 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014609o-1000028535b,00.htm Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:19:39 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) This week's article is brought to you by the letter P. This would usually mean me launching into my usual people and process rant, but today I would like to look at politics. No, don't click off! This is politics with a small "p", so no jokes like: Don... zdnetuk/10014608 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014608o-1000028535b,00.htm Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:56:58 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) At the risk of lowering the tone of this column, I would just like to say that the dance group Diversity deserved to win this year's Britain's Got Talent ahead of the now world famous Susan Boyle. Before you click off, let me explain this confessional op... zdnetuk/10013894 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013894o-1000028535b,00.htm Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:12:45 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) A few years ago you couldn't endure a PowerPoint presentation without the obligatory fuzzy, unreadable Dilbert comic cropping up, either to badly illustrate a point, or to inject some irrelevant humor, sorry humour, into a dull pitch from the unimagin... zdnetuk/10013789 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013789o-1000028535b,00.htm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:47:17 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) At a recent IBM-sponsored Impact Comes to You seminar, I presented a short introduction to Cloud Computing and what it's good for. The answer is not absolutely nothing, but it is certainly not mature. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of genuine... zdnetuk/10013665 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013665o-1000028535b,00.htm Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:08:21 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) What do you think is the main cause of project failure? The normal answer is: "Not me; it was someone else..." Funnily enough, if you ask all the participants, you get the same answer. The real answer, in most cases, is poor communication and engagemen... zdnetuk/10013610 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013610o-1000028535b,00.htm Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:03:51 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) Have you been confronted by a Black Belt recently? Unless you are into martial arts then this has most likely happened at work when you have been hit by a Lean Six Sigma (6S) initiative (or possibly operative if you got in the way). I am using 6S here t... zdnetuk/10012730 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012730o-1000028535b,00.htm Tue, 12 May 2009 17:34:28 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) The philosopher, George Santayana, wrote "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This is commonly misquoted as “Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it”. The reason I bring this up, besides showing off my philosophical ... zdnetuk/10012500 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012500o-1000028535b,00.htm Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:25:40 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) I’m sure that you have noticed that all of the IT vendors you have had the misfortune to deal with in the past, and who you occasionally throw a bone to these days to keep them alive but lean, are desperate to be your ‘Partner’. In the old days, you ha... zdnetuk/10012345 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012345o-1000028535b,00.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:58:41 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (j) There is the assumption that the behaviour of people involved in a business process is predictable and consistent. Too many business analysts (mainly Dark Knights –see earlier blog) still expect a manual process step to be carried out by staff in the sam... zdnetuk/10012231 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012231o-1000028535b,00.htm Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:53:02 +0000