This is yet another interesting post on IT Projects Failure blog I like to follow. I can’t help, but think that there is really only one reason why IT hates metrics - ACCOUNTABILITY. It is really the same reason why salespeople hate forecasting  - upside is moderately rewarding/downside is extremely painful.

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This is my reaction to a post of Vinnie Mirchandani and an interview with JP Rangaswami, link to which I found there.

I am a subscriber to JP blog, and largely agree with most of what is discussed in this interview on a strategy level. However I have a big problem with an execution side of this E2.0 philosophy.

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I read this pronouncement in CRM Mastery e-Journal published by Jim Berkowitz. Now, this is an attention grabber! You should read the complete post and interview with Ian Campbell, CEO of Nucleus Research to see that the analysis does have a merit and has to do with evolution of CIO role in an enterprise.

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