We have a monthly (only 5 IT staff) where everyones projects are touched on and then we discuss problem areas. My boss gets the happiness of C-level meetings and aprises us of any developments, I get the monthly middle managers Interdepartmental meeting and we (IT) usually have ad hoc discussions when something comes up. We all work in the same hall (Testosterone Zone as we call it) so we're fairly cohesive in that respect. YMMV. ;-) hello to all at the Connections conference! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Painfully sent to you from my Blackberry
________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tue Nov 11 09:03:54 2008 Subject: RE: IT Departmental Meetings I gotta tell you guys – I go into lots of companies where one of their major issues is a lack of interdepartmental communications (and in some case, intradepartmental communications). I often encourage them to have healthy meetings. Once the meetings go away – people claim to know NOTHING about whatever else is going on, leading to information silos. That’s a bad thing. Just IMHO. YMMV. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Departmental Meetings Interesting… im taking some notes… thanks.. ________________________________ From: Andy Crellin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Departmental Meetings We have just changed the way we do things because of exactly this same problem. We normally have full team meetings every 2 or 3 months (20 odd people) and do something interesting like an away day somewhere or get a departmental director/head/etc to come in a talk about what the business is doing in different areas. We then have 2 or 3 groups working for an hour or two on ideas to help that particular department make better use of IT. If the ideas we come up with are worth running with then they’ll be turned into projects and done. It’s mainly a social gathering though as large meetings like that are pretty much ineffective. I also meet with my opposite numbers (3 other areas of IT) and boss (Head of MIS) every month/6 weeks and we discuss general strategic stuff, major issues, problems etc etc. These meetings are generally very useful as information filters down from our boss to us and from us to our staff (and, of course, upwards as well). The 4 of us then meet with our teams once a week where possible to manage the tactical side of things. HTH. Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2008 13:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IT Departmental Meetings Hi Everyone, Right now we have the most boring meetings for our IT Dept. We have weekly meetings with 15 members of our staff in them from the CIO to lower level techs and everyone in between. We fill out an agenda with what we are working on etc. The meeting lasts forever and the DBAs don’t want to hear what the Network guys are doing and the techs don’t want to hear what the systems guys are doing etc. etc. just awful meetings and nothing gets accomplished. We were told since we don’t like the meetings and they are highly ineffective to come up with a better way to hold them. I was thinking about every 2 weeks have the CIO meet with the management in each division together so we still know what is going on with the “team�. Every week is way too often and doesn’t give enough time to report on completed projects etc. I was wondering how dept. meetings are held at your places of employment for the IT dept. Thanks..BC Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England & Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 66 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RL. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
