At 11:30 AM 11/09/2013, Kim Holburn wrote: >Trouble is who do you ask? Someone who understands IT? Someone who >thinks they understand IT? I don't agree really. Not all IT people >want more IT. Non-IT people are not likely to understand the >problem. What you want, to stretch your metaphor is an IT dietician.
I like that concept. Can I steal/borrow it? It's a role I often play because I'm not an engineer or programmer and *think* I can see the bigger picture of the context, the systems involved, and not just the next you beaut thing. But even so, I can't be the naive user any more, so those voices need to be included as well. Green skins out of IT ed/training aren't ready because they don't have the breadth of life experience, but they are possibly have the latest developments fresh in their heads. Plus they are more likely to be digital natives and understand the concepts, helping to advance things around the possible. Bottom line: you involve a lot of different people and pray that the sign-off doesn't favour one view over another without transparent explanation for why, often called the business case. Unfortunately, too many major projects are happening now without a business case or the business case is being withheld from the public, despite the fact that tax moneys are paying for those projects. Witness the east-west link in Victoria. Shameful! Jan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. ~Margaret Atwood, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
