Blog Archive

This year's posts

• 21 Jul: Weeknote 19 - 23 July 2021
• 06 Jul: Weeknote 5 - 16 July 2021
• 30 Jun: Weeknote 28 June - 2 July 2021
• 25 Jun: Weeknote 21 - 25 June 2021
• 23 May: Weeknote 24 May - 18 June 2021
• 23 May: Weeknote 10 - 21 May 2021
• 08 May: Weeknote 4 - 7 May 2021
• 20 Apr: Weeknote 19 - 30 April 2021
• 18 Apr: Weeknote 5 - 16 April 2021
• 05 Apr: Weeknote 22 March - 2 April 2021
• 19 Mar: Weeknote 15 - 19 March 2021
• 13 Mar: Weeknote 8 - 12 March 2021
• 07 Mar: Weeknote 22 February - 5 March 2021
• 22 Feb: We need to talk about TOM
• 20 Feb: Weeknote 15 - 19 February 2021
• 11 Feb: Weeknote 8 - 12 February 2021
• 06 Feb: Weeknote 25 January - 5 February 2021
• 23 Jan: Weeknote 1 - 23 January 2021

2020

• 13 Dec: Weeknote 14 - 18 December 2020
• 11 Dec: Weeknote 7 - 11 December 2020
• 20 Nov: Yearnote 4 November 2019 - 27 November 2020
• 12 Nov: Weeknote 9 - 13 November 2020
• 01 Nov: Weeknote 2 - 6 November 2020
• 31 Oct: Weeknote 26 - 30 October 2020
• 24 Oct: Weeknote 19 - 23 October 2020
• 17 Oct: Weeknote 12 - 16 October 2020
• 12 Oct: Weeknote 5 - 9 October 2020
• 04 Oct: Weeknote 28 September - 2 October 2020
• 22 Sep: Weeknote 21 - 25 September 2020
• 17 Sep: Weeknote 14 - 18 September 2020
• 09 Sep: Weeknote 7 - 11 September 2020
• 06 Sep: Weeknote 1 - 4 September 2020
• 17 Aug: Weeknote 10 - 14 August 2020
• 03 Aug: Weeknote 03 - 07 August 2020
• 31 Jul: Weeknote 27 - 31 July 2020
• 20 Jul: Weeknote 20 - 24 July 2020
• 13 Jul: Weeknote 13 - 17 July 2020
• 29 Jun: Weeknote 29 June - 10 July 2020
• 23 Jun: Weeknote 22 - 26 June 2020
• 15 Jun: Weeknote 15 - 19 June 2020
• 12 Jun: Weeknote 8 - 12 June 2020
• 01 Jun: Weeknote 1 - 5 June 2020
• 26 May: Weeknote 25 - 29 May 2020
• 21 May: Weeknote 18 - 22 May 2020
• 12 May: Weeknote 11 - 15 May 2020
• 07 May: Weeknote 4 - 7 May 2020
• 02 May: Weeknote 27 April - 1 May 2020
• 24 Apr: Weeknote 20 - 24 April 2020
• 17 Apr: Weeknote 14 - 17 April 2020
• 09 Apr: Weeknote 30 March - 9 April 2020
• 27 Mar: Weeknote 23 - 27 March 2020
• 20 Mar: Weeknote 16 - 20 March 2020
• 13 Mar: Weeknote 9 - 13 March 2020
• 06 Mar: Weeknote 2 - 6 March 2020
• 04 Mar: Weeknote 24-27 February 2020
• 21 Feb: Weeknote 17-21 February 2020
• 14 Feb: Weeknote 10-14 February 2020
• 07 Feb: Weeknote 03-09 February 2020
• 05 Feb: Refining your backlogs
• 03 Feb: Weeknote 27-31 January 2020
• 30 Jan: Estimating in an agile way
• 27 Jan: Weeknote 18-24 January 2020

2019

• 04 Dec: Getting started with user stories
• 27 Nov: An introduction to backlogs
• 21 Nov: So, what exactly is a sprint?
• 04 Oct: Living the dream

2018

• 21 Jan: Getting shared services to work
• 17 Jan: Will shared services ever work?

2017

• 16 Aug: Forget about being secure
• 19 Jul: Finding a role for Enterprise Architecture in a world of agile and digital transformation
• 11 Feb: Essential ingredients for digital transformation
• 01 Feb: Serverless computing will be big...

2016

• 20 Jul: Not so fast!
• 02 Jul: Beyond Agile Delivery
• 07 May: Are we there yet?
• 03 Mar: Breaking free from the tyranny of time
• 09 Feb: Show me the money

2015

• 21 Nov: Isn't it about time Chief Digital Officers went away?
• 02 Sep: Are Architects ruining Enterprise Architecture?
• 03 Jul: Your investments in IT infrastructure are going nowhere fast
• 03 Jun: Business cases can be wonderful
• 29 Apr: Let's be fair to procurement

2014

• 16 Jul: A new weapon in the battle to attract IT talent: cloud computing?
• 18 Jun: The hundred billion dollar cloud gamble
• 18 Jun: Disruption or failure - The painful choices of migrating to the cloud
• 23 May: Are you making a meal of your IT finances?
• 13 Feb: Is cloud computing creating a new type of technical debt?

2013

• 09 Jun: Bubbles in the cloud
• 23 May: Have you forgotten that before ERP there was MRP?
• 30 Apr: New computer science
• 07 Mar: Charting the IT chains of value
• 22 Jan: You can't avoid the IT Laws of Nature

2012

• 22 Nov: Beware the Sirens of IT transformation
• 24 Oct: Questions are the first step towards service oriented IT
• 09 Sep: Strategy or routine operations - Binary Thinking Hex No. 8
• 05 Sep: Agile or waterfall - Binary Thinking Hex No. 7
• 23 Aug: IT is either a cost centre or provides business value - Binary Thinking Hex No. 6
• 19 Aug: Public or private cloud - Binary Thinking Hex No. 5
• 09 Aug: Obsolete or indespensable CIO? - Binary Thinking Hex No. 4
• 06 Aug: IT is internal or outsourced - Binary Thinking Hex No. 3
• 01 Aug: Control of IT can be centralised or distributed - Binary Thinking Hex No. 2
• 19 Jul: Binary Thinking - a hex on IT management
• 19 Jul: There is IT and there is Business - Binary Thinking Hex No. 1
• 16 Jul: Organising the service-oriented IT function
• 08 Jul: Step away from that corporate app store
• 02 Jul: How to organise IT on a global scale
• 26 Jun: IT needs to get serious about Asset Management
• 18 Jun: Setting the right amount for the IT budget
• 13 Jun: Make the IT function service-oriented
• 17 May: Turn your Application Portfolio into a Software Product Portfolio
• 07 May: What? Not another blog about the future of the CIO!
• 07 May: Start dismantling your IT project portfolio
• 01 May: SoCloMo? So what?
• 01 May: No wonder portfolio management leaves everyone confused