Most popular posts on this blog

I’ve now been writing this blog for four and a half years, with more than 90 essays posted so far.  It often surprises me which posts are the most read, so I thought I’d share the current all-time top-25 list with you.  I’ll update this list from time to time, so that you can see what’s currently in the lead. (Last updated: February, 2012):

  1. Simple, more practical approaches to actual resource allocation
  2. The title issue: CTO vs CIO, and why it’s the wrong question
  3. Some timeless IT/tech jokes, and why they’re still relevant
  4. The IT project failure dilemma: how to get early warnings
  5. The title issue revisited: CTO vs. CIO
  6. Business impact and transparency: expressing system availability
  7. “Astounding IT sayings”: the inaugural post
  8. Complexity isn’t simple: multiple causes of IT failure
  9. One CIO’s “lessons learned” in managing others
  10. Can a CIO be successful without IT experience? Define your terms!
  11. Using feedback loops to improve IT department service
  12. The Practical CIO: Difficulties in project prioritization & selection, part 2
  13. Novels of IT, Part 2: Haunting the CEO
  14. Speed vs. bureaucracy: management issues confronted by companies in transition
  15. The Practical CIO: Difficulties in project prioritization & selection, part 1
  16. Cloud computing: misunderstood, but really not that complicated a concept
  17. Why the CIO should air the dirty laundry
  18. Nuts: the biggest trap of all for IT stakeholders
  19. A rational CapEx purchase and tracking process for IT
  20. Start simple: a corporate desktop/laptop refresh model
  21. IT, the CIO, and the business need for “roof projects”
  22. IT transparency is good. But how transparent should you be?
  23. No silver bullets. Really!
  24. Hiring and firing: an example of a stellar employee
  25. We don’t like that estimate. Change it.

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