Most popular posts on this blog

I’ve now been writing this blog for three years, with over 80 essays posted so far.  It actually 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 from time to time, so that you can see what’s currently in the lead. (Last updated: June, 2010):

  1. The title issue: CTO vs CIO, and why it’s the wrong question
  2. The IT project failure dilemma: how to get early warnings
  3. The title issue revisited: CTO vs. CIO
  4. Complexity isn’t simple: multiple causes of IT failure
  5. Some timeless IT/tech jokes, and why they’re still relevant
  6. “Astounding IT sayings”: the inaugural post
  7. Speed vs. bureaucracy: management issues confronted by companies in transition
  8. Simple, more practical approaches to actual resource allocation
  9. IT, the CIO, and the business need for “roof projects”
  10. Cloud computing: misunderstood, but really not that complicated a concept
  11. Using feedback loops to improve IT department service
  12. Why the CIO should air the dirty laundry
  13. The Practical CIO: Difficulties in project prioritization & selection, part 1
  14. The Practical CIO: Difficulties in project prioritization & selection, part 2
  15. Financial metrics for IT: the holy grail of ROI, and how it misses the point: Part 1
  16. Offshore software development: the reasons why not
  17. Conventional wisdom that fails for IT
  18. The CIO and the fine art of vendor negotiation
  19. No silver bullets. Really!
  20. Fits and starts: staying “tech savvy” as a CIO
  21. Yes we can, yes we must: the ongoing case for IT/Business alignment
  22. IT transparency is good. But how transparent should you be?
  23. “Getting” Twitter, from the technology executive’s perspective
  24. Must-read books on the human factors of IT — part 1, the 70s
  25. A rational CapEx purchase and tracking process for IT
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