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...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Jan 4, 2009 4:04 pm
Systems dynamics: a challenge to "enterprise" architecture? Followers of this site and IT Skeptic may have noticed a number of debates concerning industrial...
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Oliver Sims
oliver_sims
Jan 6, 2009 10:12 pm
Charlie, I don't claim to be super-current on Systems Dynamics, but I was much into the same sort of thing in the 1970s (then called by names such as...
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heather
hgsr@swbell.net
Jan 9, 2009 1:10 am
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...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Jan 9, 2009 1:20 am
See http://www.amazon.com/Metrics-Service-Management-Peter-Brooks/dp/9077212698 ...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Jan 17, 2009 6:37 pm
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,...
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John M. Clark
CyberJMC66
Jan 18, 2009 8:40 pm
I agree with the arguments provided here for what CMDB is but there is one point that I would argue is often missed... Volatile. "Every time the data in the...
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Roy Roebuck
rroebuck99
Jan 19, 2009 6:04 pm
Building and maintaining a CMDB using just a relational database is very inefficient and ineffective. Using a metadata repository (MDR), e.g., MOF, is better,...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Jan 19, 2009 6:31 pm
Interesting points I generally agree with. However the concept of ODS is architectural and does not specify implementation technology. I think we could call...
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Roy Roebuck
rroebuck99
Jan 22, 2009 2:11 am
Yes, considering that semantic technology is by definition, metadata technology. Roy Roebuck Managing Director One World Information System A Non-Profit...
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Stuart Charlton
stuartcharlton
Jan 31, 2009 2:19 pm
I have Sterman's book and found it useful; when I was an EA I do recall a couple of colleagues that were influenced by (an older but still relevant view of...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Jan 31, 2009 2:22 pm
Stuart, your thoughtful post got flagged by Google as spam. Many apologies for the delayed acceptance. On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Stuart Charlton...
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jqpearson
Feb 20, 2009 12:02 am
I see that the "Innovation Value Institute (IVI) at National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth" have introduced "the IT Capability Maturity Framework...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Apr 4, 2009 1:53 pm
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......
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Stuart Charlton
stuartcharlton
Apr 4, 2009 7:21 pm
Theory of Constraints? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2009, at 6:52 AM, Charles Betz <char@...> wrote: New directions: TOC for IT I feel like being...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Apr 4, 2009 7:23 pm
yes... On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Stuart Charlton...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Nov 15, 2009 3:58 am
ITSM ambiguities: lifecycle vs. transaction; system vs. service<http://www.erp4it.com/erp4it/2009/11/basic-itsm-ambiguities.html> Apologies all for long...
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Gwen Thomas
Gwen_Thomas
Nov 15, 2009 10:43 pm
Oh, Charlie ... you are so on the money. Again and again. It is wonderful to hear your thoughts - glad you're back to this... Gwen Gwen Thomas ...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Dec 18, 2009 2:25 pm
Craig Larman discounts Critical Chain There is an interesting Lean IT debate shaping up. Most followers of Lean are familiar with Eli Goldratt, the widely...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Dec 20, 2009 1:33 pm
Project good, maintenance bad? A contrarian view. In the quest for IT value, a commonly cited figure is that projects (new functionality) consume a mere 25% or...
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Garris, Nicole
nicgarris
Dec 22, 2009 12:08 am
Very interesting. I think the project = good and maintenance = bad rule is viewed as follows: Project = new value for the organization in the form of a new...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Dec 22, 2009 1:27 am
Software development is product development "Software development is not like building bridges! It's not like a shop floor! It can never be a factory! It...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
Dec 22, 2009 3:45 pm
Hi Charles! Interesting post. I've actually been involved in some of the TOC & CCPM lists and their application to Agile and Lean development (and have...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Dec 22, 2009 4:17 pm
Brad! Great to hear from you. Been awhile. Thanks for bringing us up to speed. I actually have read & talked w/Leach, but did not fully realize his mediating...
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Robert Falkowitz
robert@...
Dec 22, 2009 8:20 pm
The value of a service is delivered to its customers during the so-called "maintenance" phase. There is ample room for giving value for money during that phase...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Dec 23, 2009 5:05 am
So if you are correct - and I think you are - then why is there this broad dismissal of "maintenance" as non value add? As recently as this year's publication...
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Robert Falkowitz
robert@...
Dec 23, 2009 12:16 pm
This is a very old question, present not only in IT, but also in many other realms where the skills required to turn an idea into a real, valuable service or...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Dec 23, 2009 1:51 pm
Sounds like a variation on the timeless "strategy vs. execution" debate... notice that a true value chain approach sees both as integral. Yet I still see few...
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Martin G Erb
bumerb
Dec 23, 2009 6:40 pm
The question is, indeed, old. By expanding the ITSM lifecycle, ITIL V3 acknowledged that the better the planning for services, the better the services. We have...
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Charles Betz
alphas0ng
Jan 21, 2010 1:12 am
I just read one of the finest, most relevant, and innovative articles i have seen in years. "The “Physics” of Notations: Toward a Scientific Basis for ...
