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Learning paths

Zdenek Kvapil / 20.6.2022

Learning paths

We prepared visual aid helping with planning of trainings and education of IT professionals holding different roles in their IT organizations.

Sequence of training is not mandatory, nevertheless it’s reflecting internal logic of mentioned trainings.

Full description of trainings are also in PDF file here:

 

Key focus is proactive skills namely:

  • Quality Management QUMG
  • Innovation INOV
  • Organization Capability Development

Complete list of covered skills are here:

Meetup CIO 22

Zdenek Kvapil / 1.6.2022

Meetup CIO 22

Meetup CIO 22, 25 May 2022, Quality Hotel Brno.

Key topics:

  • Innovation and IT management
  • Knowledge work differences to reactive routine work
  • SFIA update – skills management
  • Qualitative management

Many thanks to all speakers and active participants. Next meetup CIO 23 is scheduled 24 May 2023, program will be iteratively developed here.

 

Quantitative Vs. Qualitative metrics

Zdenek Kvapil / 30.3.2022

Quantitative Vs. Qualitative metrics

There are two main categories of IT work:

  1. Routine – following predefined process, workflow, stream – I.e. onboarding, user support, request fulfilment. For this work type quantitative metrics are suitable
  2. Knowledge work – explorative, knowledge extensive, ever changing, creative – I.e. innovation effort, business process improvement, value stream mapping, learning, adoption of a new management method. For this category Qualitative metrics are applicable and better than quantitative metrics.

Key differences between quantitative and qualitative metrics are displayed in the next table.

Qualitative metrics in IT

As more and more work in IT is knowledge type, IT management is transitioning from quantitative to qualitative metrics.

For example Knowledge Worker Quality Index is the representing overall quality of an individual IT worker, which can eliminate mundane quantitative measurement, not capable to capture multidimensional property of knowledge worker quality. Practical guidance to qualitative people management is the core part of recently introduced Managing Knowledge Worker Quality training, extending the whole family of qualitative metrics and qualitative management in IT.

 

Innovation management in IT

Zdenek Kvapil / 24.2.2022

Innovation management in IT

When we look inside widely used methods, as ITIL, ITSM, Agile, DevOps, Scrum, innovation topic is absenting. The reason is simple as all methods are working with underlying logic of demanding customer and IT responding to this demand. Business ideates what they want, IT is here to fulfil this demand. So innovation is business’s job.

This logic was good and reasonable in 1990s and 2000s, but not sustainable in 2020s.

In 2020s IT role must be upgraded

  • Upgrade your IT management method so innovation effort is recognized as an IT activity
  • Actively participate in innovation ecosystem
  • Unlearn old paradigms about passive IT role
  • Offer executives an active role of IT in cross organization innovation effort

If you want to learn more, new training is available for CIOs and other managerial positions in IT – training Innovation management in IT

Innovation management in IT
Conference CIO 22

Zdenek Kvapil / 19.1.2022

Conference CIO 22

Our next conference CIO 22 is under preparation.

Venue: Brno center

Date: 25 May 2022

Theme: Methods, tools, technologies for digital era IT management.

Conference program and registration is here:

 

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