When change is wrong

Interesting column by Chad Dickerson discussing some of the same things we discussed around here in the last week or so. For example:

“One lesson I relearned is that IT is not necessarily about being “right” or even offering the best solution. Quite often, IT is about providing a reliable and mostly invisible service to the company. Nothing is less invisible than a massive user migration. One finite resource that many IT managers forget to recognize and manage in their project portfolios is quite simple: change. “

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