Reinventing the IT Department

Terry White is one of the most original thinkers in IT management to surface in recent years. He was one of the first IT gurus to identify the need for IT Departments to radically transform themselves to accommodate the business realities of the 21st century. This has been Terry's clarion call for the past 10 years. Before becoming a consultant and author, Terry was the CIO for a large industrial concern for many years. He has written numerous articles and academic papers. His last book was titled: "Reinventing the IT department" and he has given seminars and workshops and consulted widely on this topic. Terry consults to large organisations on business strategy, strategic information management and IT organisation. He has lectured on a number of MBA and other academic programs.

• Chapter 1 Introduction – days of wine and roses; Chapter 2 I'm glad the hole is at their end of the boat – business in the new world; Chapter 3 Radicals and revolutions – anarchists in our midst; Chapter 4 Stop the revolution – IT wants to get on board; Chapter 5 Play up, play up, and play the game; Chapter 6 If we're so clever, why can't we think? – new way of thinking for IT; Chapter 7 The soft stuff is hard – the new business/IT relationship; Chapter 8 Building on quicksand? – the IT cornerstone – architecture; Chapter 9 The ‘Canute’ effect – bringing new technologies in; Chapter 10 Rules about rules – standards, methods, tools; Chapter 11 Running the race – providing business solutions from IT; Chapter 12 The home fires – core production; Chapter 13 Thinking ahead – new strategy processes; Chapter 14 The new IT people; Chapter 15 Last round please – final observations;

'This book is written in an anecdotal and informal style, but with lots of academic input, including lists of references and implementation ideas for each chapter.' Carey Gray - Computer Bulletin, May 2002