Resourcing Teams for Innovation

Building good innovation teams requires some insight into the behavior profiles of the potential resources, so that a balance of forces is created. A lack of balance could be a detriment to your desired success. ...

... "Some people are very action oriented and driven, and their opposite is more of a planner and conceptualizer. Putting these two types of people together can help create great ideas and plans and get them to market quickly. " ...

Via InnovationTools: Innovation Teams

Strategic or Tactical Role: A Choice

Doing tactical technology support is a good place to learn the inner workings of the IT organization and the daily-issues confronted by the business, but shifting focus to value creation through projects is an exciting and rewarding career track. ...

... "In addition to the direct financial costs of late delivery of IT projects, the report suggests that fire-fighting has a negative human impact in terms of IT managers' self-perception and morale. " ...

Via CRN Australia: Fight Fires

Mobile Computing for Engineering and Construction Projects

Groups partner to accelerate the integration of mobile computing into the engineering and construction industry. Mobility, instant access to information, and fast decision making can improve the efficiency and speed of the construction jobsite. ...

... "FIATECH and COMIT have already been working closely together on the Capital Projects Technology Roadmap Element #8 – Technology and Knowledge Enabled Workforce. COMIT has commissioned academic research into the cultural and human-centered factors related to mobile IT project implementation and will be publishing a final report on these findings in the fall of 2007. " ...

Via FIATech: Mobile IT in Construction