by James A. Davis | Aug 14, 2014 | Collaboration, Communication, Consulting, Culture, Innovation, Process Improvement, Project Management
Often times project management organizations that roll out new governance processes inadvertently stifle innovation. They have many good intentions such as providing more visibility into corporate initiatives and better management of spending, but don’t... 
by Lisa Jasper | Apr 6, 2009 | Other
McKinsey just published a good piece on how to do scenario planning in our current, very uncertain environment. We often advocate scenario planning as part of our IT strategy projects; it is a great way for IT organizations to prepare for various business and... by Lisa Jasper | Apr 3, 2009 | Other
I don’t know a company that doesn’t have more demand for IT projects than the IT organization can fulfill, whether it is due to lack of money or resources. Most IT organizations are very challenged to create a process and define criteria for project approval and... by Lisa Jasper | Mar 1, 2009 | Other
I like this example chart, featured in McKinsey’s recent quarterly newsletter, about how IT investments generate short and medium-term profitability improvements. It highlights, by business process, which types of technology investments can provide which types of...