Comments on: IT Planning is Broken http://www.ciodashboard.com/it-strategy/it-planning-is-broken/ IT Strategies for CIOs and IT leaders Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kris Kelso http://www.ciodashboard.com/it-strategy/it-planning-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-9524 Kris Kelso Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:37:42 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1599#comment-9524 Lately I have wondered if part of the problem is the 12-month planning / budgeting cycle. Given the changes that Agile has made to how development work is approached, do we need to be looking at budgeting in a similar fashion? Are there any companies that have done away with the traditional "year" in terms of budgeting and planning? Is there any reason at all that a budget cycle has to be tied to the length of time it takes the earth to make a trip around the sun? It would have to be embraced by more than just IT, since IT budgets roll up to the overall budget for the company, but I would love to see an organization try something other than the traditional 12-month cycle. Lately I have wondered if part of the problem is the 12-month planning / budgeting cycle. Given the changes that Agile has made to how development work is approached, do we need to be looking at budgeting in a similar fashion? Are there any companies that have done away with the traditional “year” in terms of budgeting and planning? Is there any reason at all that a budget cycle has to be tied to the length of time it takes the earth to make a trip around the sun?

It would have to be embraced by more than just IT, since IT budgets roll up to the overall budget for the company, but I would love to see an organization try something other than the traditional 12-month cycle.

]]> By: Kris Kelso http://www.ciodashboard.com/it-strategy/it-planning-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-30625 Kris Kelso Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1599#comment-30625 Lately I have wondered if part of the problem is the 12-month planning / budgeting cycle. Given the changes that Agile has made to how development work is approached, do we need to be looking at budgeting in a similar fashion? Are there any companies that have done away with the traditional "year" in terms of budgeting and planning? Is there any reason at all that a budget cycle has to be tied to the length of time it takes the earth to make a trip around the sun? It would have to be embraced by more than just IT, since IT budgets roll up to the overall budget for the company, but I would love to see an organization try something other than the traditional 12-month cycle. Lately I have wondered if part of the problem is the 12-month planning / budgeting cycle. Given the changes that Agile has made to how development work is approached, do we need to be looking at budgeting in a similar fashion? Are there any companies that have done away with the traditional “year” in terms of budgeting and planning? Is there any reason at all that a budget cycle has to be tied to the length of time it takes the earth to make a trip around the sun?

It would have to be embraced by more than just IT, since IT budgets roll up to the overall budget for the company, but I would love to see an organization try something other than the traditional 12-month cycle.

]]> By: jfbauer http://www.ciodashboard.com/it-strategy/it-planning-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-6490 jfbauer Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:10:55 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1599#comment-6490 @dwwright99 I think I see your perspective on the planning outlined in this post as being flawed ... I am struggling to overlay this on past organizations were I've worked where indeed the business was isolated in silos yet they clearly had a need to leverage enterprise solutions. But looking back, the plans that were so heavily invested in producing, 12 months later, rarely reflected what IT investments were actually made when it came to organization-wide efforts that actually turned out value. Looking forward to more posts on this subject. My blog: http://bit.ly/Ya8TQ @dwwright99 I think I see your perspective on the planning outlined in this post as being flawed … I am struggling to overlay this on past organizations were I’ve worked where indeed the business was isolated in silos yet they clearly had a need to leverage enterprise solutions. But looking back, the plans that were so heavily invested in producing, 12 months later, rarely reflected what IT investments were actually made when it came to organization-wide efforts that actually turned out value.

Looking forward to more posts on this subject.

My blog: http://bit.ly/Ya8TQ

]]> By: jfbauer http://www.ciodashboard.com/it-strategy/it-planning-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-30624 jfbauer Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1599#comment-30624 @dwwright99 I think I see your perspective on the planning outlined in this post as being flawed ... I am struggling to overlay this on past organizations were I've worked where indeed the business was isolated in silos yet they clearly had a need to leverage enterprise solutions. But looking back, the plans that were so heavily invested in producing, 12 months later, rarely reflected what IT investments were actually made when it came to organization-wide efforts that actually turned out value. Looking forward to more posts on this subject. My blog: http://bit.ly/Ya8TQ @dwwright99 I think I see your perspective on the planning outlined in this post as being flawed … I am struggling to overlay this on past organizations were I’ve worked where indeed the business was isolated in silos yet they clearly had a need to leverage enterprise solutions. But looking back, the plans that were so heavily invested in producing, 12 months later, rarely reflected what IT investments were actually made when it came to organization-wide efforts that actually turned out value.

Looking forward to more posts on this subject.

My blog: http://bit.ly/Ya8TQ

]]> By: Links for December 13 2009 | Eric D. Brown http://www.ciodashboard.com/it-strategy/it-planning-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-6396 Links for December 13 2009 | Eric D. Brown Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:53:08 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=1599#comment-6396 [...] IT Planning is Broken by Chris Curran on CIO Dashboard [...] [...] IT Planning is Broken by Chris Curran on CIO Dashboard [...]

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