--- In [email protected], "Rob Eamon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The value IT must bring is an inherent understanding of the business > that you're in. You should be as knowledgeable about business > activities as anyone. If you're not, then become so. Your job is > viewing your company business from a tech perspective. If you focus > only on the tech and not on the business, you're not doing your job.
This says it all, Rob. It is our responsibility as technologists to adopt a "business-oriented" attitude. Looking back on my projects of the past, the successful ones included close work with the business side, a true partnering between IT and the business. When requirements were tossed over the wall to IT, the result was usually failure, or at least unsatisfied customers. This business-partnering is a strong success factor whether or not SO principles are being applied, and is even more critical when applying SO principles.
