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August 2007 - Posts

The Purpose of IT Business Planning in the New MOF

IT business planning is an increasing important topic in the world of today's IT professional. We continuously see problems arising from not including IT operations early enough in the planning process which leads to services being designed with little Read More...
Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 1:27 PM by jasono | 8 Comments
Attachment(s): MOF Update - IT Business Planning compat.ppt

Announcement: Windows Vista Service Lifecycle Management now available!

Windows Vista SLM is now available! Read More...
Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 11:36 AM by jasono | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): Windows Vista Service Life-Cycle Management Announcement.doc

What does IT governance mean to us?

For us, IT governance is a very simple concept with far-reaching implications that impacts everything we think about as examine the framework..... Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:23 PM by jasono | 6 Comments
Attachment(s): MOF Update - Governance definition.ppt

Our Mission Statement

Our Mission Statement: Ensure that IT does the right thing at the right time for the right reasons. Anyone who has ever heard me teach has heard me comment that I have a perhaps odd fascination with mission statements. I like the fact that something so Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:51 PM by jasono | 0 Comments

Who is the audience?

Today someone posed the rather straightforward question of who is the true audience for MOF, and why we'd focus entirely on the IT pro? That's a very good question and it raises the point that I don't think we've done a good job to date in articulating Read More...
Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 11:58 AM by jasono | 5 Comments

Why focus on IT Governance?

You may wonder why a service management framework, or service lifecycle, would be built on the foundation of IT Governance. After all, governance isn't one of the sexiest or most enjoyable topics for the average IT pro. Yet, it can't be denied that corporate Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:12 PM by jasono | 7 Comments

Welcome to the conversation

One of the goals I had when I first came to the Frameworks team at Microsoft was to open up the dialogue between the people writing the guidance and the people consuming the guidance - our customers, our partners, and our field. Over the past 18 months, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 9:03 PM by jasono | 3 Comments
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