Certifiably Green

As IT sustainability objectives become more prevalent, the British Computer Society creates a certificate in Green IT to prepare IT professionals for development of a green IT strategy. ...

... "By the end of the three day course, candidates will have a fundamental understanding of the importance of IT when trying to achieve an organisation's green objective, an ability to identify their own green IT requirements and how to address them. " ...

Via British Computer Society: Green IT Qualification

Misleading IT project costs

Program, project, phase one, two, or three. Communication about the costs of the current scope and the overall project can be challenging. ...

... "Jeffrey defended the declaration of the GBP2.3bn price, saying that the answer given only related to approved costs. " ...

Via Computing: MoD may have misled parliament

Dried Goat Sandwich

UK hits the wall on IT innovation and starts packing a new lunch. ...

... "For a sector supposedly driven by innovation, times are tougher than a dried goat sandwich. " ...

Via Computing UK: Lack of innovation

UK IT Contract Projects Market Forecast for Resource Planning

A downturn in IT investment is forecast in the UK for 2008. Any decline should be gradual as the first quarter is expected to be flat. ...

... "Should the IT contract market decline, organisations will be focusing on manning IT projects using permanent staff. The real focus will be on maintaining a lower cost model. " ...

Via UK Contractor: 2008

Project Visibility

UK IT projects, if not already visible, will come under more intense scrutiny. ...

... "Because it poses one of the biggest challenges to Mr Brown and his team, the management of IT projects in the public sector should be looked at first, say analysts at Butler. " ...

Via Contractor UK: UK Projects

SkyNet IT Project Ready to Go-Live

Is life imitating art? ...

... "Not only will the UK MoD deploy airborne cyber-gunships remarkably similar to those in the films, the flying robot assassins will be controlled by an IT project named Skynet. " ...

Via The Register: Terminator

IT Professionalism: Business Impact

From the land of ITIL comes IT certification. Nice vision. Business impact is the end-game. ...

... "To create a profession where the test of professionalism is related to business impact and outcomes in addition to technical excellence. " ...

Via British Computer Society: The vision for Professionalism programme