With this post, I am continuing the series on who does what job in IT and what their job titles are. So far, I have explored the categories of project manager, IT specialist and IT architect. There is a large number of IT jobs in these categories. However, the job types and specializations are much broader. The content of this post is a job sample I composed using a significant number of openings from commercial employment search sites. Let’s explore some job types and specializations.
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Posted: October 8, 2018 |
With this post, I am starting a new series on who does what job in IT and what their job titles are. You probably agree with me that there’s a fair amount of abstraction in job titles. I am focusing on the titles and the duties that come with them. Lets explore this.
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Posted: October 1, 2018 |
With this post, I am finishing this current series on IT project management. In this series, I have discussed some of the major reasons why projects fail, referenced some analysis and research, and I have discussed some of the key trends in project management. In this post, I will cover the role that skills and experience play and what certificates and certifications are available.
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Posted: September 24, 2018 |
In the previous two posts, I have established a research-based view of the importance of good project management and the role it plays in successfully completing projects. “Research-based” means it’s not my opinion, but rather what I discovered by working with a large sample of data from other people. In this post, I want to explore trends in context.
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Posted: September 16, 2018 |
This week, I’ll continue discussing recent research I conducted on project management. In this blog post, I'll cover the business, methods and technical dimensions. This will set the stage for next week’s discussion of IT project management trends.
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Posted: September 10, 2018 |
With this post, I am starting a series on IT project management. I like to revisit project management every couple of years because it’s a discipline that changes because the world around IT changes—artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, microservices, APIs and new generations of workers to name a few. However, before I explore trends in IT project management, let’s start with some basic research that can establish a solid baseline for a review of trends to follow.
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Posted: September 3, 2018 |
This week, I am concluding this series on important dimensions of IT. I chose to finish this series on a pressing issue of cybercrime, which is a significant problem with the global cost estimated at $600 billion annually. This is a troublesome figure that corresponds to 0.8 percent of the global GDP. The foil to cybercrime is cybersecurity—the protection of internet-connected systems including hardware, software and data from cyberattacks. Let me discuss in more detail.
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Posted: August 27, 2018 |
This week, I am continuing this series on important ideas that have helped to shape IT in the modern era. Technology change, that force that moves technology forward, is one of those very powerful momentums in IT. However, IT innovation is its own specific kind of technology change that nevertheless has a significant effect on society. What is driving IT innovation and, more broadly, change today, and why is it so much more urgent than even a decade ago? Let me discuss this.
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Posted: August 20, 2018 |
This week, I am continuing this series on important ideas that have helped to shape IT in the modern era. The evolving development and use of open-source software is one of those very powerful ideas. Let me explain.
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Posted: August 13, 2018 |
This week, I am continuing this series on important ideas that have helped to shape IT in the modern era. Internetworking, or more simply put, an internet, is one of those very powerful ideas. Let me explain.
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Posted: August 6, 2018 |
