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wraith808:
^ very good points for getting any sort of software into an organization. Also not bringing it up for the first time in a meeting, but getting buy in from IT into the process through backchannels (dropping by and having conversations about X, etc) helps also.
40hz:
Quietly reminding certain IT managers that they are there to do what best serves the company and meets the needs of the users is what it's all about.
He "won't allow" something? Lets get real, Napolean...IT works for the organization. Not the other way around. Software decisions are a management not an IT call.
;)
Stoic Joker:
Quietly reminding certain IT managers that they are there to do what best serves the company and meets the needs of the users is what it's all about.
He "won't allow" something? Lets get real, Napolean...IT works for the organization. Not the other way around. Software decisions are a management not an IT call.
;)
-40hz (November 13, 2013, 11:00 AM)
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Now Now, we both know that no properly seasoned BOFH is going to automatically accept any decision impacting their systems without a bit of probing to gauge how vested who is in the proceedings.
We just went live with new BI software last week, but while I didn't mind the change...because the old system really did suck. But I fought tooth and nail to keep the systems bolted to the floor at eye level instead of in the cloud where the IT fashion tragic lemming are flocking (to their deaths I hope) by the "thousands" (according to the vendors inflated sales graph).
wraith808:
Quietly reminding certain IT managers that they are there to do what best serves the company and meets the needs of the users is what it's all about.
He "won't allow" something? Lets get real, Napolean...IT works for the organization. Not the other way around. Software decisions are a management not an IT call.
;)
-40hz (November 13, 2013, 11:00 AM)
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Actually, it's both, truth be told. But they should work hand in hand and not be based on hidebound mentalities on either side. That's why you have a review board in the best cases rather than a single individual. And it's not just about which one you like, but compelling business need.
oblivion:
He "won't allow" something? Lets get real, Napolean...IT works for the organization. Not the other way around. Software decisions are a management not an IT call.
;)
-40hz (November 13, 2013, 11:00 AM)
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Mm. Management are the ones who are peppering the place with Bloody iPads and demanding Bring-Your-Own-Disaster sooner than the infrastructure can support it. Management can't make decisions if they're not informed of the options; they also can't be informed if they have their fingers stuck in their ears because they're not smart enough to understand what they're being told -- or prefer to believe that a deus ex machina will materialise at the 11th hour.
If anyone knows how to make a 16-bit netbios stack appear in Win7, they'll get their deus ex machina. But so far... :(
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