In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! Well, here we are. After just a couple short months, we find ourselves at the end of … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 12 – Shadow IT
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! Chapter 12: Shadow IT has an ominous name, but it is surprisingly upbeat. Working in … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 11 – Quality
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! Today we’re talking about Chapter 11: Quality. If, like we touched on in the … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 10 – Risk
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! Chapter 10: Risk sounds fairly straightforward, and it begs the question: in an … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 9 – Governance and Oversight
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! We've been touching on it in other chapters, but Chapter 9: Governance and Oversight … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 8 – Build Versus Buy
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! In Chapter 8: Build Versus Buy, Mark makes a radical suggestion: it is actually … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 7 – Enterprise Architecture
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! In Chapter 7: Enterprise Architecture, we look at the very structure at the heart of … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 6 – Transformation
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! We’ve made it to Chapter 6: Transformation, which is a hot-button word if ever I saw … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 5 – Requirements
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! Today we're going to look at Chapter 5: Requirements. Much like the last chapter, … [Read more...]
Summer Read Along: A Seat At The Table | Chapter 4 – Planning
In this series of blog posts, follow along as we revisit Mark Schwartz’s book A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility. Five years after its publication, it’s still highly relevant and chock full of tips, tactics, and learnings. Join us as we follow along with Online Marketing Assistant Lucy Softich as she reads through the book for the first time. Make sure you start with the introduction post! We've made it to Part III: Earning the Seat, the longest part of A Seat at the … [Read more...]
