ITPM Blog Posts

The office of the CIO created a strategic plan. “SEA(E)” what happened next … it will NOT blow your mind :-)

Strategy, Execution, and Architecture define the What, When, and How of the enterprise planning blueprint. However, most plans are developed in silos, get outdated quickly, and remain episodic in nature due to lack of convergence and harmonization across those plans.

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Our Top Athlete – Lean, FIT and Agile EA

In the Lean and Agile Centric world of delivering work, how do we ensure the final product is not so emaciated that it fails to provide value aligned to the overall enterprise objectives? By mapping digital products to data-driven, fact-based blueprints that intersect the delivery streams to value streams to capabilities to the underlying technology

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Why aren’t your portfolios converged?

Convergence is everywhere. We use “Roku” to converge and integrate our streaming experiences, hyper converged infrastructure is the rage in data center world and of course, there is no better example than the iPhone for converged experience. So why aren’t your IT Portfolios converged? Simple answer? Because there was no need … until now! Feel the “force” of digital transformation!

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The emergence of the Data-Driven Enterprise

Becoming data-driven and data-centric is now the aspiration of all modern enterprises across clients and vendors alike. What is so different about a “data-driven” enterprise? What is so different about a “data-driven” enterprise? It is not as if data were not available earlier for organizations to take advantage of this trend! Thank “Design Thinking” and “Digital Transformation”!

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When you (I) find yourselves (myself) in times of trouble …

Question – when you find yourself in times of trouble, which systems come to the mind that can help you? What pain point is it addressing? A sound ODS based portfolio system will clearly articulate the specific set of questions that it can answer for its users.

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Simplicity wins and Pain gains!

Life lessons are full of oxymoronic idioms. For every “Keep It Simple, Stupid,” we have “No Pain, No Gain” idiom. Management of Data Driven Enterprise IT Portfolios is no different! However, both can co-exist. Think “Board Meetings” and “Data Democratization”

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Give any enterprise a CMDB and it might treat every problem as a config item

Give any enterprise a CMDB and it will treat every problem as a config item. Clients think they are reusing a platform but are actually developing custom code on a platform or accidently creating a monolithic database.

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Welcome to the New EOSSoftware.com Website!

Today, I’m happy to announce the new www.eossoftware.com. It’s got a new look, new blog, and lots of informative content. Rest assured, our company is steadfast in the goal of providing the best IT portfolio management solution in the market.

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