Losing Sight of Process in IT

The studio production system is everything in Hollywood, where it’s called the "yellow brick road." Following it will take you where you want to be. Corporate IT development could use its own yellow brick road. Many IT shops have identified such a path: They have successfully implemented project management methodologies and process improvement frameworks. These are used to guide production, ensuring at the least that certain crucial steps valuable to the organization are followed for each effort. Other shops have tried to get to that state but have been less successful. Their programs have yet to take hold across their development teams. And still others have not set a program in place, for various reasons (some demonstrably ...

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