Category: Project Management

10. CEO talks more about “vision” than “execution” 9. Cover stories appear in Fortune/BusinessWeek about CEO’s uniquely effective leadership 8. Article in Harvard Business Review

By the 530th day, the turnaround that Chuck Conaway announced on Aug. 10, 2000, was finished. On that day, Kmart filed for bankruptcy protection. Now,

The profound failure of Kmart’s ever-vacillating technology strategy was both a cause and a symptom of the problems that drove the retailer to bankruptcy. On

Vitria made its mark selling integration software to high-flying telecom companies, but that industry focus came back to haunt it. As telecom returned to earth,

Brian BellDow ChemicalLead Architecture Specialist for IntegrationMidland, Mich. Manager’s Profile: Bell’s 20 years at Dow Chemical include assignments in process automation and site computer operations.

As a former CIO, I fundamentally believe that the CIO has the most impactful job in a company. The CIO has to have as close

When I joined Continental Airlines as chief information officer in 1995, we were four years into a contract with EDS to outsource almost all of

Poor communication between business and technology managers is certainly not the only culprit in failed IT projects. But it is, in fact, a major reason

OK, so let me come right out and speak my piece—this isn’t the most exciting time to be a technology executive, is it? Every profession