Andy (Avraham) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Here is a really nice technology forecast visualization from Envisioning Technology . It covers almost three decades from 2012 through...

Everyone remember the I Love Lucy show ? Well, that show really epidemized what it meant to surprise and be surprised by all the antics tha...

TechStat is a governance model to "turn around or terminate" underperforming projects in the IT portfolio. This is one of th...

While research is important and I respect the people who devote themselves to doing this, sometimes they risk being disconnected from realit...

New IT management reform from the White House. Very exciting development. The plan is published at this link .

Traditionally, the IT market has been deeply fragmented with numerous vendors offering countless of products and IT leaders have been left h...

A strategist frequently has to temper the desire for structured planning and strategic decision making with the reality of organizational li...

Optimism can be a key to success in your personal and professional life! The Wall Street Journal reported in Nov. 2007 that optimism leads t...

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Too many organizations espouse good service, but very few actually excel and deliver on the promise. However, one company is so good at ...

There are scarce dollars for investment purposes and many competing alternatives to invest in. Therefore, organizations must make wise inves...

There are no CIOs in space. At least not yet. Someday, as we colonize space, there will be. And information technology will be more importan...

CIOs have a number of options with respect to upgrading their enterprise’s information technology. Military Technology Magazine, Volume 12,...

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What makes a good organization become great in terms of technology? In the book, Good to Great by Jim Collins, the author describes a five y...

Both EA and ITIL are emerging disciplines that are growing in importance and impact. Here are their basic definitions: EA synthesizes b...

I came across an excellent white paper by the National Association of the State CIOs (NASCIO) on IT governance that goes through the fundame...

IT portfolio management (ITPfM) is the application of systematic management to large classes of items managed by enterprise Information Tec...

IT governance is something people tend to have a love/hate relationship with. They love it because they know they need it and will benefit f...

Enterprise architecture and portfolio management are closely linked activities. EA drives IT investment management (including the IT portfo...