Working with Silos

I came across a video from Burton Group with Lyn Robison discussing how silos are here to stay and looking at approaches to bridging the silos as opposed to trying to break-down the silos.




Although this video looked at silos from a technology standpoint. You could look at business silos where you could apply Service-Oriented concepts to bridge business processes gaps as well as knowledge silos where you could apply social networking concepts and solutions to assist with exposing "tribal knowledge", bringing together people with shared interests as well as mining for subject matter experts that may previously have been buried within a business unit and lost to the overall enterprise.

IT has spawned many methodologies/approaches/modelling techniques for analysing business needs from an IT-perspective, organisations have implemented/developed multiple business process improvement methodologies and each industry vertical or function may lend itself to different methodologies. The challenge for us now is to embrace the variety and bridge these methodology silos. Any ideas?

Looking ahead.... technology trends in 2010 and beyond

Here's some predictions for the future of technology that caught my interest:

What will be hot in 2010? - Blog predicting top 5 technology topics for 2010

Top 10 ERP predictions for 2010 - A look at where ERP was at the start of the decade and where it may be going

Cloudy IT Landscape - A look not only at the future of cloud computing but the IT market players and the types of services they may offer

Predictions: Business Applications (with a focus on HCM) for 2020 - A look back to 1989 and then snapshots for each 10 year period with a look forward to where things might be in 10 years.

What may happen to Social Media in 2010 that governments should be aware of - Comments on the article 13 surprises to hit social media in 2010

These are interesting looks into the future. I'm not sure what the new year will bring except the absolute given - change.

Happy New Year

My Blog & Article Picks for 2009

Here's a look at some of the blogs/articles that caught my attention in 2009:

A very different view of IT and Transparency from a Developing Nation - a look at the challenges of IT projects in a large Indian jurisdiction where IT has been traditionally about infrastructure.

IT Alignment over the years, the story and history series Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 - where we are taken through the YMCA technology staff's journey focusing on the culture surrounding technology.

IT Savvy - Time for a Change? - a look at the change in organisations to be more fleet of foot positioning Enterprise Architecture, Governance and Program Management as mechanisms to support the change.

Business-IT Alignment: Time for a paradigm shift - a look at SOA's impact on the old Business-IT alignment focus

EA Value Contribution - looking at the value EA can contribute to support projects, strategic direction and portfolio transformation

Enterprise Alignment - Value Creation - the Next Institute's perspective on how to develop a creative and sustainable enterprise

See you in 2010.