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IT Project Management

How mergers and acquisitions can cement IT as a strategic business partner

In 2016, there were 227 successful inward M&A transactions (overseas firm buys UK one) worth £187.4 billion – the highest annual number since 2011 and the highest yearly value since data was first published in 1969. Meanwhile, 400 domestic M&A deals (UK firm buys UK firm) were successful worth £23.9 billion, that’s the highest number […]

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Tell IT Project Stakeholders what they need to hear… Not what they want to hear

Three IT Projects have recently been almost scuppered by the same thing. A crippling, debilitating disease that lies dormant for months before inevitably and painfully killing the IT Project it has infected … ‘Yesitis’. Sufferers of ‘Yesitis’ are unable to say ‘no’, perhaps because of a poor corporate culture, or fear, or maybe just a

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IT Project Management

Aligning IT Project And Business Strategies. Why You Should. How You Can.

Previously published on cio.com Everything that your business does should be aligned with your business strategy. Here’s why.. My friend’s business is delivering financial services and he ensures that all his staff are suitably trained to provide the best advice, another friend’s business is carrying bus passengers, his drivers know the local roads, what time

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