Description - The Next Leap in Productivity by Adam Kolawa
How much should top management really care about IT? That?s
the question Adam Kolawa bluntly poses in this feisty and
compelling book. ?The Next Leap in Productivity? goes
far beyond traditional business books written for the CIO
community. It tackles crucial issues such as productivity,
efficiency and quality management. It makes the case for applying
the principles of Deming and Juran to software development. Then it
takes a ?leap,? arguing that huge potential increases
in IT productivity can lead to enormous increases in enterprise
productivity. In this sense, ?The Next Leap in
Productivity? is a truly visionary book.
Software vendors and CIOs who read this book will discover a
software development process that is transparent, practical and
efficient. Non-technical C-level executives (CEOs, CFOs, COOs,
etc.) will discover a blueprint for improving corporate
productivity and dramatically reducing operating costs.
For the past decade, CIOs have been urged, coaxed, counseled and
exhorted to act more like CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other C-level
executives. This book suggests that it?s time for CEOs, CFOs,
COOs and other C-level executives to start acting more like CIOs.
?The Next Leap in Productivity? will appeal to anyone
involved in buying, selling, developing or using IT.
Advance Praise for ?The Next Leap in
Productivity?
?Adam?s book is a challenge to all the top managers
who?ve stopped caring about IT. His message is simple: If you
really care about IT, you find ways to make IT more productive. The
improvements you achieve in IT productivity can then be leveraged
into huge leaps in productivity at the enterprise level. This book
offers a roadmap for translating IT productivity into business
profit. Adam?s argument is worth reading and worth
considering as you formulate your IT strategies and plan your IT
budgets.?--Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus, CIO
magazine
?Adam lays the groundwork for a common language that can
be used to bridge the chasms between IT and other essential
components of the business such as finance, product development,
sales, marketing, distribution and customer service. Everyone who
reads this book will learn valuable lessons that can be leveraged
to improve returns on human capital investments at every level of
the organization. Adam?s concepts have the potential to boost
levels of confidence and performance throughout the
enterprise.?-- Michael Minelli, Co-author, Partnering with
the CIO
?These kinds of productivity principles are not mere
theory. When we put these same principles into effect, our
productivity went up more than we had thought possible. And our
employee morale went up, too. It became easier to write code the
right way and harder to make stupid mistakes. This new way of
creating software makes it possible for us to concentrate on what
we really want to do here at Cisco, which is to improve the
Internet for everybody.?-- Andy Chessin, Senior Technical
Lead, Cisco, Inc.
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