The Black Box of IT with Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby and Jeppe Hedaa – Culture in Organisations
Other than conducting Harry and Meghan’s wedding… What does the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, have to say about culture in a multinational organisation? For organisational culture experts: This is an interesting alternative perspective, looking at the...
The Black Box of IT with Jørgen Høll and Jeppe Hedaa – Team Size
Team Size in Army Special Forces - The Black Box of IT: What can IT learn from elite soldiers? Watch this interesting conversation with Jørgen Høll, retired Major General and former Commander of the Danish Special Operations. Jørgen Høll and Jeppe Hedaa talk about...
The Black Box of IT with Krzystof Dabrowski and Jeppe Hedaa – Agile Implementations
Agile Implementations - The Black Box og IT: A Corona-distance interview with author of Nucleon, Jeppe Hedaa and mBank COO, Krzysztof Dabrowski covering expected productivity gains, investments needed, cultural readiness, implementation time, learning curves,...
Organize the most talented IT people in small teams and set them free
At the heart of modern IT departments are specialized teams that combine different competencies which solve the company's projects. But how do you organize the most effective teams? Over the years, there have been many suggestions for the perfect model, but there...
The Black Box of IT with Thomas Nehring, Peter Debracy and Jeppe Hedaa – Decommissioning Legacy Systems
Decommissioning Legacy Systems - The Black Box of IT: A candid conversation with Executive Advisor Thomas Nehring and Principal Decommissioning Consultant Peter Debracy. Part 4 of my short series on opening the Black Box of Complex Systems...
The Black Box of IT with Christine Green and Jeppe Hedaa – Estimation
Estimation - The Black Box of IT: A candid conversation with Christine Green, one of this worlds most experienced Estimation specialists, about how we can predict time and costs precisely in IT projects. Part 3 of my short series on opening the Black Box of Complex...
The Black Box of IT with Jim Ditmore and Jeppe Hedaa – The CIO Role
The CIO Role - The Black Box of IT: One of this worlds most experienced CIOs. A candid conversation with Jim Ditmore about the role of the CIO in a large IT organization. Part 2 of my short series on opening the Black Box of Complex Systems...
The Black Box of IT with Erik Damgaard and Jeppe Hedaa – The People Factor
The People Factor - The Black Box of IT: A conversation with one of this world’s most efficient developers, Erik Damgaard. What makes a great developer, what should we look for when searching for candidates and what can we expect that they...
To Change Your Results, Change How You Think
Everybody gets tired when management drones on about the need for better results...next year. We’ve all been forced to listen to the “suit on the soapbox” saying, “We must make a 20% increase in revenue,” “I want to raise the bottom line by 4%,” or “Don’t you think...
Why People-Performance Numbers are Critical in IT Development
I love people, and I truly believe that every individual is amazing and valuable, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is the perfect IT enterprise architect or project manager. It is really important to find the perfect match to optimize your IT organization’s...
People Crucial to IT Development Performance
When considering IT development performance, the most important aspect is people. The human element is by far the most performance-generating factor in your entire setup. Unfortunately, if you want to measure performance quantitatively, assigning a number to people...
Factoring in Complexity in IT Performance
Complex Systems Development (large IT departments) is by definition complex. But it is vitally important for us to reduce this complexity in the areas where performance is most affected. In this post we look at how Culture, Methodology, Legacy Burden and Enterprise...
Organization is Only Easy on Paper
When you look at the entire company-wide IT program, you see an ocean filled with waves of projects. Each is constantly changing and presents its own issues and struggles. IT management requires willingness to take a deep dive into the details of many different...
The Black box of IT
To most people, their company’s IT department is a black box. This is especially true of complex systems development settings in large corporations, where hundreds and even thousands of IT specialists work together to serve the organization. I call it a black box...
Why your top IT specialists fail to deliver
Once you have recruited a high performer, how do you make sure that a person remains a high performer? IT performance is contextual; the way you organize employees will either increase or decrease team effectiveness. In other words, to get the best out of the...
Why IT project estimates fail and what to do about it
If you google “IT project estimate” you will end up with an endless assortment of methods and models, pictures and templates. Estimating the time and budget involved for a software development project is a challenge and hence there is a plethora of suggested...
Any company could reduce IT costs
According to Jeppe Hedaa, CEO and owner of leading IT consulting agency 7N, companies could save more than 50-60 percent on their IT – and these numbers are not even aggressive. Looking at the human factor only, the numbers become even more dramatic, says Hedaa....
Why function points for IT budget estimates routinely fail
Forecasting time and costs for software development projects is often disturbingly difficult for senior management. Presently, there are several attempts to provide better cost control of software development projects, out of which function point analysis is...
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