Continuously exercise your code ownership
Door Gert-Jan van de Streek / mei 2014 / 1 Min
Door Avisi / / 2 min
I recently came across a brilliant piece by Bob Lewis from IT Catalysts about breaking the vicious cycle of bad IT results.
I'm going to try and sum it up here and give our take on it, but I really urge you to go ahead and read it right here.
The basic idea is that business and IT form a relationship which is purely based on results.
Good results strengthen the relationship because the trust that is built from them leads to more competence (competent people are free to do their job to the best of their ability) and adequate budgets, which in turn allows for better and better results.
Bad results on the other hand will cause the relationship to wither because trust diminishes and that leads to a decrease in competence (people in place are not trusted to take the right decisions) and inadequate budgets, which in turn results in consistently worst results.
Hence the term 'vicious cycle'…
At Avisi, we put a lot of energy in establishing 'virtuous cycles' and it happens that we have to break existing vicious cycles for new clients (more on this in a future post). Trust is really what we're after because, aside from making a decent living, our goal is establishing long term, mutually beneficial relationships with our clients and you just can't do that without trust.
It all starts with competence, good governance and delivery...
It's cemented by transparency...
But that's not all...
Sure, following this path costs a bit more of everybody's precious time & cash up front... But when you look at the big picture, it ensures that the business people get the results they wanted in the end, in the most efficient way possible.
So invest a bit up front and you'll benefit before the project is even done. And you'll still be benefiting in the maintenance phase and for all the projects to come...
Trust... it's pure profit.
See the follow up to this post, 'Reversing the vicious cycle of bad IT results'.
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Door Avisi / okt 2024
Dan denken we dat dit ook wat voor jou is.