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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

A second new component of the IT function should be dedicated to this category of work: the Enterprise Integration Group (EIG). EIG is responsible for enterprise architecture, the center of expertise for simplification and integration methods, process and program management. IT management Information & technology'

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Share Your Own Job-Search Story

Harvard Business Review

It demands specific skills and you need to develop these skills to win the game.". I joined online groups and mailing lists, and expanded my skill set to suit market expectations. My strategy worked well, and I eventually found a position at Tata Consultancy Services , a leading multinational information technology firm.

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IT Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Its Users

Harvard Business Review

The history of enterprise technology has been fairly unforgiving to the people intended to use it. For the past half-century, most information technology models propagated two unassailable truths: that enterprise technology was purchased by a select few , and the technology was bought for the company.

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