Some version of the below 8 trends/focus points seems to be in every interaction I have today with clients or LLF graduates. Does this loose, macro view, resonate, in part, with your sense of things??
The Unique Potential [Overwhelming??] Impact of Eight, Current, tightly Integrating “Horizontal” Organizational Processes Four traditionally based or driven by I.T., or deeply impacted by I.T. Initiatives Two [#5 & 6] are often independently started there, and the last two [#7 & 8] are basically not indigenous, likely even “strange” to many I.T. groups
1. Overall Technical Architecture [OTA]- long standing quest, still elusive
2. Project Management Office – discipline/processes – a few are corporate wide
3. Enterprise Wide System[s] & business process redesign – primarily I.t. driven often owned or lead by a senior line executive
4. Mobile-handheld-APP based development-cloud residence- multiple function devices[ BYO]- Hardly well in hand anywhere –not seen as I.T.’s especially by the “younger generations”
5. Security- fullest sense- sometimes I.T. located
6. Leadership Development – needed desperately in I.T., then in concert corporately – My work has been with I.T. groups who wanted this as a priority, largely because of the whole 8!!
7. Ownership & Accountability Expectations –very uneven approaches
8. Organizational Culture and Change – Human Recourse “Should”, almost never “is”
Richard E. Dooley 5-29-12
