Comments on: Secrets of a Well Run IT Department http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/01/16/secrets-of-a-well-run-it-department/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Wed, 09 May 2012 18:37:39 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eric D. Brown http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/01/16/secrets-of-a-well-run-it-department/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Eric D. Brown Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:52:41 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1350#comment-765 Very True Simon! Very True Simon!

]]> By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/01/16/secrets-of-a-well-run-it-department/comment-page-1/#comment-764 simonstapleton Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:16:20 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1350#comment-764 This applies to everyone in an organization I guess, not just in IT! The important thing for IT folks is to balance perfectionism and pragmatism perfectly. We can get so anal about technology at times and forget the purpose of it in business! This applies to everyone in an organization I guess, not just in IT! The important thing for IT folks is to balance perfectionism and pragmatism perfectly. We can get so anal about technology at times and forget the purpose of it in business!

]]> By: Eric D. Brown http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/01/16/secrets-of-a-well-run-it-department/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Eric D. Brown Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:48:32 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1350#comment-763 Love this line: "The ‘Secret’ of a well run IT department, today, is about using technology effectively rather than delivering all the bells and whistles a business user can conceive (and probably not use). It has to be about VALUE." So true! Many of us forget that. Regardless of the technology and/or whether it is the newest and best technology, it has deliver VALUE to the organization or its worthless. Love this line:
“The ‘Secret’ of a well run IT department, today, is about using technology effectively rather than delivering all the bells and whistles a business user can conceive (and probably not use). It has to be about VALUE.”

So true! Many of us forget that. Regardless of the technology and/or whether it is the newest and best technology, it has deliver VALUE to the organization or its worthless.

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