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Tech hotshots: The rise of the IT business analyst (From Computerworld)
The once lowly business analyst is suddenly in high demand. Here’s how to work well with the ones you’ve got. By Michael Fitzgerald Computerworld - The hottest job in IT right now might be the least “T” of them all: business analyst. Tech purists may shudder — is it the revenge of the suits? — but […]
Posted in: Business Analysis, Career Development
Day One As An IT Consultant – From ‘Complete IT Professional’
June 27, 2012
Starting a new role as an IT consultant is a pretty daunting thing. As an IT consultant, I get a little nervous when I need to go to a new client site for some work that needs to be done. It gets easier the more you do it, but it’s not something you do every […]
Posted in: IT Consulting Jobs
Jobs slashed at troubled IT agency
May 8, 2012
This story was originally posted in The Age. The jobs of 200 public servants have been slashed in a dramatic effort to cut costs at the Victorian government’s troubled IT agency CenITex. Chief executive officer Michael Vanderheide made the shock announcement to staff this afternoon in a memo — headed “Labour Rationalisation Program” — that […]
Posted in: Industry News & Events
Stagnant jobs growth forecast for ICT sector
May 5, 2012
ICT jobs market is expected to grow by less than 1 per cent. When does ‘slow’ become officially stagnant? Today sees the release of another employment report revealing what many people working in technology already knew – that the good times stopped rolling some time ago and won’t be back any time soon. According to […]
Video: Reduce Your IT risks by Using Continuous Delivery
May 4, 2012
By ThoughtWorks. Continuous Delivery practices are natural fit for organizations who want to manage risks in the delivery of IT services. If this contradicts what you may have been told during painful conversations with compliance teams, this session is for you. Joanne Molesky explains how Continuous Delivery can reduce IT uncertainty. She shares an approach […]
Posted in: Project Delivery, Tools & Resources
Cloud & the evolution of the enterprise architect
April 29, 2012
Reblogged from GigaOM: Enterprise architects have been a staple of corporate IT departments for well over a decade now, starting in earnest with the advent of service-oriented architecture and corporate data modeling. The need for enterprise architecture was spurred by the need to gain control over an increasingly complex computing environment, and an increasingly large […]
Posted in: General
Document Templates by Consulting Cloud
April 25, 2012
Document templates are an important resource for IT consultants and many of us build up our own ‘kitbag’ of templates over the years. Those of you wanting an ‘off the shelf” template can turn to Consulting Cloud which offers a range of free and paid templates. Templates available include the following categories: Business & People Management Business […]
Posted in: Tools & Resources
July 15, 2012
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