On computing as a service, and defining "application."
August 14, 2010
Some excerpts from my forthcoming new edition, relevant to current debates: Computing has always been a service, even before automated electronic computers were invented. A business manager in 1910 needing a particular set of figures to be added and averaged... Read more...
Four IT value streams – a discussion
August 13, 2010
Followup to my post on the four IT value streams:============================Bill: Seems complicated. And I thought that it was all about the IT service. Why can’t we just focus on that as a value stream? Mary: The trouble is that these lifecycles... Read more...
kudos to Bell & Orzen
August 3, 2010
Kudos to Steve Bell and Mike Orzen for their new role as Lean Enterprise Institute faculty. http://www.lean.org/workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopEventId=71&WorkshopId=52 Read More →
Two axes of value
June 12, 2010
So, this picture is what I call (for want of a better term) the double value chain. I want to change the name, as soon as I think of something better. The idea is to show the rapid, repeatable, deterministic production of IT value (real time transactional... Read more...
Large IT considered as Engineer to Order manufacturing
May 29, 2010
So, I just finished Steve Bell's excellent Lean Enterprise Systems... a book that has already contributed to one insight, that of the CMDB as a Bill of Materials or Resources. Another well written section was that covering the continuum of manufacturing... Read more...