ITSM ambiguities: lifecycle vs. transaction; system vs. service<http://www.erp4it.com/erp4it/2009/11/basic-itsm-ambiguities.html> Apologies all for long...
New directions: TOC for IT I feel like being cryptic. I just registered toc4it.com, toc4it.net, and toc4it.info. erp4it is nearing the end of its run......
I see that the "Innovation Value Institute (IVI) at National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth" have introduced "the IT Capability Maturity Framework...
Systems dynamics: a challenge to "enterprise" architecture? Followers of this site and IT Skeptic may have noticed a number of debates concerning industrial...
The CMDB is an Operational Data Store Longtime readers know that bringing some sense of architectural rigor to ITIL is an ongoing goal of this blog. The CMDB,...
New to the group here. Question re: IT Utopia ERP in the classic sense derives it's value from the information it brings to all the entities participating, and...
Barbecue is a noun... For all us Yankees who may need to know a bit more on the subject (and if you don't know why I'm posting this, you're not paying...
Why and how I blog Some say that blogging has become passe. I don't care; I started doing it because it made sense for me, and still does. While I don't make a...
Assembling an MRP library I live convenient to the University of Minnesota, a world-class research institution. The MIS program at the Carlson School of ...
Entity lifecycles & ITSM process architecture Been working with my three-lifecycle model for a while now (also here) and it is holding up in the lab so far. (I...
MPC for the large IT organization So I've started to read Vollman. Definitely considering APICS certification but have a lot more to think about before...
Independent and dependent demand, and the pitfalls of forecasting According to Plossl, one of the initial differentiators of MRP versus previous approaches was...
MRP for IT <http://erp4it.typepad.com/erp4it/2008/11/mrp-for-it.html> I have been posting about "ERP for IT" for some years now. While I have been generally...
So, I cannot buy a CMDB and I do not want to maintain a complex spreadsheet - are there any simple tools that just allow you to define dependencies and then...
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I wanted to let you know about Kiva (www.kiva.org), a non-profit that allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur in the...
Catching up on my journals 2 Harvard Business Review July-August 2008: "Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference" by McAfee & Brynjolfsson, is...
Catching up on my journals Probably my first exposure to the concept of a "professional journal" was M*A*S*H; medical journals figured in a number of the...
To your points: 1. & 2. Your math is correct. 3. Non Causa Pro Causa. Your assumption seems to be that IT is the problem. I submit it is not. The...
Charles In your last email, you talk about the lack of Enterprise Resource Planning tools. I spent 2 years raising awareness with the Australian Govt on: 1....
Wiles and <http://erp4it.typepad.com/erp4it/2008/05/wiles-and-vambe.html> Vambenepe on CMDBf. interesting perspectives on CMDBf from Van Wiles here ...
ERP for IT - my views Just to set the record straight for my friend the IT <http://www.itskeptic.org/node/603#comment-2795> Skeptic: Not sure I agree with "ERP...
A new framework for IT management: portfolio lifecycles Frameworks, frameworks, everywhere... ITIL, CMM, COBIT, etc., etc., ... and yet none of them satisfy....
Three <http://erp4it.typepad.com/erp4it/2008/03/three-fundament.html> fundamental agility trends, and their source <http://www.omg.org/docs/bmi/08-03-03.pdf>...
Hello Charlie et al, We've been working on ways of measuring and benchmarking IT Services for their environmental impact - factoring in three levels: 1. The...
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