Higher Education
Thoughts on Teaching Older Students
What do when someone possesses a great deal of professional experience.
Tag: Why New Systems Fail
Thoughts, observations, and occasional rants related to my first book.
Analytics
Three Main Types of Capstone Project Problems
Thoughts on some common issues and what to do about them.
Analytics
Reflections on 2017
Thoughts on an enormously turbulent year.
Trends
The Case for DevOps
A look at an increasingly common way of "doing IT."
Analytics
Why Analytics Today Are More Democratic
It's no longer 1995.
Analytics
Announcing My Eighth Book
Here's the skinny on my new one, Analytics: The Agile Way.
Management
Compliance: Boring but Essential
That no one ever brags about it doesn't make it any less important.
Analytics
The Case Against Analytics Projects
Successful companies today adopt a totally different mind-set.
Project Management
The Millennial Imperative: Embracing New Technologies and a New Mind-Set
Attracting talented youngsters means changing the culture, not just the tools.
Technology
The Case for Multiple Clouds
Welcome to the multi-cloud world.
Analytics
On Databases, Tattoos, and Teaching Philosophies
An approach to dealing with ever-shortening attention spans.
Communication
Why Most Business Case Studies Fail
If they're so important, then why do they usually suck?
Technology
How to Handle Support for Decommissioned Enterprise Apps
It’s only a matter of when your organization faces this dilemma.
Technology
DevOps and the New IT
Exploring some of the major business ramifications of cloud computing.
Dataviz
Celebrating Post Number 1,000
Reflecting on a milestone of sorts.
Communication
A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part I
Thoughts on applying greater rigor during the vendor-selection process.
Big Data
Big Data: Preventing Big Failures
Thoughts on avoiding the pitfalls of traditional IT projects.
Faves
Why I Quit the Web-Design Business
Thoughts on what was briefly a plank in my platform.