Building systematic mindsets early

I found a very good article about IT classes in schools, by Tom Crick.

Tom quite rightly sets out the case that Computing Science in school is not just about pupils learning to code but more about what Tom refers to as computational thinking, or algorithmic thinking.

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Effective IT service delivery needs a broker model

Don't fall for the IT hokey-cokey trap

A discussion on Linked-in, drew my attention to an article about Insourcing (bringing services back ‘in-‘house’ from an external provider. The article is predicated on a market trend, apparently recognised by Industry Analysts in early 2011.

However, I think that insourcing has long been part of the service delivery cycle (aka the IT hokey-cokey: in, out, in, out, shake READ MORE

Time to disintermediate IT recruitment?

I am very sceptical when I see yet READ MORE

Perfect Pitch

Want more business investment for your IT budget? Here are six quick tips to increase your chances of bringing in more business funding for the IT department.

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Public Sector IT Enemy Number One: Policy

public enemy by annie ok on flickr

We all know that scope creep, lack of resources and change are the three greatest enemies of cost-effective IT development projects. In the commercial sector we move heaven and earth to avoid these risks – and yet they seem to be endemic to the management culture within public sector computing.

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