Interesting articles on Infoworld
http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/stupid-consultant-tricks-180912 http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/the-four-fallacies-it-metrics-181517 Perhaps, if given to the right person, these might be of some help. The guy, IMO, has some very good points. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Interesting articles on Infoworld
The same author has a excellent weekly article called Keep The Joint Running at http://www.issurvivor.com/ Always an interesting read. -Original Message- McKown, John http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/stupid-consultant-tricks-180912 http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/the-four-fallacies-it-metrics-181 517 Perhaps, if given to the right person, these might be of some help. The guy, IMO, has some very good points. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
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Thank you very much for those links, and he does indeed make some excellent points. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:15 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Interesting articles on Infoworld http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/stupid-consultant-tricks-180912 http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/the-four-fallacies-it-metrics- 181517 Perhaps, if given to the right person, these might be of some help. The guy, IMO, has some very good points. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
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IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 12/15/2011 08:15:26 AM: From: McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/stupid-consultant-tricks-180912 http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-strategy/the-four-fallacies-it-metrics-181517 I've been following this fellow for several yrs. One of the high points of my week. I've sent links to others within the company. a USA-centric metrics joke Two AL state troopers are chasing a car at high speed on I-20 E out of Birmingham. When they get to the GA state line (the location of the boundary of the time zone), they pull over. Says one: Too bad we couldn't catch him before he got to GA. He is an hour ahead of us now. Moral: if you measure the wrong thing, you get the wrong answer. In fact the answer you get is irrelevant. related USA-centric metrics joke Someone forwarded that story to me w/I-20 (an E-W road) replaced w/I-95 (a N-S road). Moral: make sure you understand a story before you tell it. Using the wrong conditions will invalidate measurements and stories. - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
