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03/27/06 Tip of the Week. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Tip 6 - Work closely with the executive team.

March 27, 2006

Make sure the executive team understands what IT does and how IT fits into the overall program and requirements for compliance. The CIO or manager of IT should be part of the SOX steering committee.  Read More →

Information and Diversity

March 24, 2006

  As information flows, people become more comfortable. They understand their environment better. Even bad information with a confidence level can make a person feel more secure in their risk-reward ratio, and respond appropriately. Among... Read more...

Inch-Pebbles

March 24, 2006

Several years ago, Johanna Rothman wrote a facinating article on how to use the concept of Inch Pebbles as a way to measure the progress of a project. The idea is to define tasks to create the project's deliverables for the project so that they typically... Read more...

03/20/06 Tip of the Week. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Tip 5 - Hire advisors that understand IT management and SOX.

March 20, 2006

Many public company accounting firms are experts in accounting, auditing and SOX, but have never managed an IT department. In addition to audit expertise, companies of all sizes require practical front-line IT experience to determine what makes sense... Read more...

Driven to Distraction

March 19, 2006

I just read a great article titled "Driven to Distraction"in the Sunday newspaper by Betty Lin-Fisher about the common distractions in the work place. I know that I get somewheres up to 200 messages each day and very seldom to I get a message that I need... Read more...

Welcome

March 19, 2006

Welcome to my blog. As a program manager for a major software company for many years, I've seen plenty of projects fail or simply take much longer than originally planned. This blog explores how the "right" level of project management can be used to achieve... Read more...

03/13/06 Tip of the Week. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Tip 4 - Design your SOX program to fit your business needs.

March 13, 2006

Don’t change what you do to fit a generic set of best practices. Use best practices as a reference point and for guidance, especially where no or limited documentation of IT processes exist. Your IT SOX 404 program should be tailored to your business... Read more...

ERP basics - excellent article

March 10, 2006

Christopher Koch has written an excellent article on ERP basics at CIO.com. This weblog of course derives from the concept of "ERP for IT," which has always been intended as an evocative and provocative brand. The article well outlines the problems... Read more...

03/06/06 Tip of the Week. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Tip 3 - Leverage your existing documentation.

March 6, 2006

Many organizations such as banks, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing companies already have to comply with federal regulations and many are ISO 9000 certified. It is important that IT departments leverage existing procedures, policies, and documentation... Read more...

User comments about offline files

March 1, 2006

This is a catch-all post for user comments and questions about offline files, aka client-side caching. I’m turning off comments on all my previous posts in the Offline Files category, and redirecting readers here instead. Hopefully this will cut down... Read more...