Repairing the Business-IT Relationship

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Repairing the Business-IT Relationship

Posted September 1, 2004 | Leadership | Cutter Benchmark Review

The dysfunctional relationship between business people and IT organizations has impeded technological progress for too long. IT has contributed a great deal to productivity and business agility over the years, but it has consistently fallen far short of its potential. Don't blame hardware failures or software bugs -- it's the business-IT relationship that's broken.

About The Author

Jeffrey Worthington

Jeffrey L. Worthington is a Senior Scientist and Senior Manager at Ascendigm, LLC. During his 20-year career in IT, Mr. Worthington has served as Principal and Managing Director of the Internet Practice for ICON Solutions, a company that is now part of Answerthink, and as the founding CTO for iMedium, a Safeguard Scientifics company, among other positions. The various projects he has architected and managed have created innovative and effective… Read More

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Repairing the Business-IT Relationship

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