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Title: Technology Paradise Lost: Why Companies Will Spend Less to Get More from Information Technology by Erik Keller ISBN: 1-932394-13-3 Publisher: Manning Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: New perspective on the realities of software development
Comment: Eric Keller really hits home with both facts and anecdotal evidence supporting his claims that there is a shift happening in the IT industry. HIs claim is that through a combination of outsourcing, project and asset management companies both on the buying and selling sides of the IT fence will spend less to get more.
The book is organized as you would expect. The first few chapters cover current problems in the industry with quality and project failures. Though the outlook is gloomy most chapters end with a 'survival guide' which gives some pragmatic advice to avoid the pitfalls and problems mentioned in the chapter.
The second part of the book lays out a set of IT spending and management paths. The path he would have you go on is the 'path to profits' which reduces and optimizes spending through outsourcing and intelligent use of local resources and assets.
The book is definitely in the same league as The Mythical Man Month, The Decline and Fall of the American Programmer, and the Rise and Resurrection of the American Programmer. I can't say if it's better or worse, but I'm not sure it's relevant. If you enjoyed any of these source works you will enjoy and learn from this book.
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Title: Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage by Nicholas G. Carr ISBN: 1591394449 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: IT Doesn't Matter-Business Processes Do: A Critical Analysis of Nicholas Carr's I.T. Article in the Harvard Business Review by Howard Smith, Peter Fingar ISBN: 0929652355 Publisher: Meghan-Kiffer Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor ISBN: 1578518520 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results by Peter Weill, Jeanne Ross ISBN: 1591392535 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton ISBN: 1591391342 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: 02 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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