The quantum age of IT why everything you know about IT is about to change
In The Quantum Age of IT, Charles Araujo examines what has led us to this point and what it means to the future of IT organizations. With a broad perspective on the fundamental changes affecting the industry, he offers practical guidance that every IT professional needs to compete in this new era of...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England :
IT Governance Publishing
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627922906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; What Others are Saying about this Book; Foreword; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Part I: IT Is Dead; Chapter 1: The History of Our Death (Why the Modern IT Structure Has Failed Us); The history of our death - part 1; The history of our death - part 2; Prelude to a change; Chapter 1 key points; Chapter 2: Consumerization, Clouds and a Change in Perspective; The search box, the social network, and the i that changed the world; The day technology became the business; A new world of competition; Chapter 2 key points
- Part II: The New IT Business Model: Strategic Sourcer or Strategic InnovatorChapter 3: Walmart or Nordstrom? (Why You Must Choose Which You Will Be); The end of the monolithic IT enterprise; The 'T' in the road; One market, two business models; The Strategic Sourcer; The Strategic Innovator; 'Choosing' your new IT business model; Laying the groundwork for your new IT business model; Chapter 3 key points; Chapter 4: Mastering the Supply Chain and the Value Network; From manufacturing to retail; The broker fallacy: aligning your supply chain to your business model; Defining your value network
- Creating and managing your supply chainNew traits and new skills for a new age; Chapter 4 key points; Part III: The Five Traits of the Quantum IT Organization; Chapter 5: New Organizational Traits for a New Age; The design of your culture; What was wrong with our old traits?; Creating new mental models; The journey to change your organizational traits; The five traits of the Quantum IT organization; Chapter 5 key points; Chapter 6: A Ticket to the Dance: Creating a Learning and Disciplined Organization; The credibility gap; Your ticket to the dance; What it means to be a learning organization
- Why a robot is NOT disciplinedLearning and discipline starts with you; Chapter 6 key points; Chapter 7: Key Principles of the Learning and Disciplined Organization; Shared, aspirational vision; Personal accountability; Systems thinking and representative versus representation; Expose assumptions and challenge mental models; Practice, practice, practice; Chapter 7 key points; Chapter 8: Tearing down the Wall: Creating a Transparent and Intimate Organization; Come look under the hood; What are we afraid of?; Transparency = choice; Crossing the intimacy line; The courage to be vulnerable
- Tell the truth. Discover the truthHumility, vulnerability and time; We are talking about you (yes, really); Chapter 8 key points; Chapter 9: The IT Organization Your Customer Always Wanted: Creating the Dynamic Organization; Miracles not required; It's a fast, fast world; Building on the foundation; From the old, the new; The attributes of the dynamic organization; The IT organization you and your customer always wanted; Chapter 9 key points; Part IV: Five Skills You Need to Thrive in the Quantum Age; Chapter 10: The People Problem: Why Your Technical Skills Will Work Against You
- The myth of organizational transformation
