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Shedding Light On the Black Art of IT Management

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-web-fad-will-never-catch-on dept.

Cathy writes "An article by Harvard's Andrew McAfee tells nontechnical managers how not to get overwhelmed by the 'drumbeat' of IT projects. McAfee breaks down IT into three categories — functional, network, and enterprise — and says that this framework 'can also indicate which IT initiatives are going to be relatively easy to implement and on which projects executives should focus. In that light, IT management starts to look less like a black art and more like the work of the executive.'"

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  1. Black art... oh, that... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just stop using the black light and use normal lights. Where IT workers work, it doesn't need to be a dark hole in the wall. That's for cables and switches.

  2. I've already learned... by gamer4Life · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...everything I need to know about management from Dilbert.

  3. Not who I want to get tips from by L4m3rthanyou · · Score: 3, Funny
    McAfee breaks down IT into three categories functional, network, and enterprise
    Well, clearly, the quality of McAfee's products demonstrates the effectiveness of this approach.
    --
    One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
  4. Our IT Department by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    is broken into a few areas:

    Firefighting - finding those lovely bad caps
    Suspect Web Development - adding spaghetti PHP code
    Trolley pushing - bring out ya dead PCs

  5. Re:Tunnel Vision by Tim+Browse · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Hello, Meme Police? I'd like to report a spillage."