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  • Creating a Learning Organization - Part 1: Lessons from a Parrot-Head On-Demand Webinar
    August.16.10
    Building a learning organization is fundamental to creating a culture in which change is readily accepted as a constant. Accomplishing this requires hard work and preparation, part of which entails developing specific personal and organizational capabilities necessary in adopting and applying models of organizational change management to your organization. It is hard work, but it is made easier with a clearly defined and shared goal. Learn how…
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  • Creating a Learning Organization - Part 1: Lessons from a Parrot-Head
    August.12.10
    The Hard Work of Building a Learning Organization
    If we recognize the need to create a culture which is ready to accept change as a constant then we need to be prepared to undertake the hard work of building a learning organization. Just as effective execution is a baseline for IT to engage and become intimate with the business, the ability of an IT organization…
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  • The DNA of Effectiveness
    May.26.10
    Understanding Your Mission and the 6 Organizational Capabilities There is a lot of discussion in IT circles about creating effective organizations.  But what does that really mean and how do you go about creating one? A lot of people confuse effectiveness with the concept of being really good at doing something.  You hear people say that “it was an effective presentation” when they’re trying to tell someone that the presenter did a good job executing…
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  • 10 ITIL Implementation Mistakes and Fixes
    January.28.09
    SearchCIO.com published this short and simple article identifying 10 common ITIL "implementation" mistakes and how to fix them.  Keyed on the understanding that an ITIL adoption is as much about organizational change as it is about process change, this is a worthwhile read.  Read the article here.
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  • Emerging Trends in IT: Data Optimization
    February.23.08
    It has been a time of great change in the world of IT.  IT organizations are under increasing pressure to simultaneously reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and improve responsiveness to the needs of the business.  In recent years, these pressures have led IT to study and adopt an entire range of quality frameworks, such as ITIL, COBIT and CMMi.  It has also been a major driver behind things like virtualization and outsourcing. As these pressures continue,…
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CREATING ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY: How to Make SOA, Agile & Change Management Work Together to Speed Service Delivery
09/15/2010 - 09:15am PST
The Free Lunch Webinar Series , CastlePointe Presentation
Part of the "Free Lunch" IT Transformation Webinar Series

Business is moving faster and faster every day - and demanding that IT move with it. As a result IT organizations are moving toward new development methodologies, approaches and tools such as SOA and Agile to reduce time to delivery of critical business apps. But as these same organizations adopt IT Service Management principles, an apparent conflict arises pitting SOA and Agile against Change and Release Management.

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CREATING ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY: How to Make SOA, Agile & Change Management Work Together to Speed Service Delivery
09/15/2010 - 09:15am PST
The Free Lunch Webinar Series , CastlePointe Presentation
Part of the "Free Lunch" IT Transformation Webinar Series

Business is moving faster and faster every day - and demanding that IT move with it. As a result IT organizations are moving toward new development methodologies, approaches and tools such as SOA and Agile to reduce time to delivery of critical business apps. But as these same organizations adopt IT Service Management principles, an apparent conflict arises pitting SOA and Agile against Change and Release Management.

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