Garrett O'Brien

Manage Your Expectations or They Will Manage You… In Court

For some, the fact that these matters are now heading to the courts is surprising, and for others not surprising…

Why all the pain? Is fluff really the cause?

Every project has its pain points – some more so than others, yet none are without pain… As pain is…

Consumerization = Rate of Change in IT + Improvising Consumer

R "Ray" Wang is Principal Analyst and CEO at Constellation Research Group provided an excellent article called named “Coming to…

Time for innovation for the system of education?

If you want to gain the attention of anyone outside an English speaking country, tell them they need to learn…

The Myths Many Believe About Home Office…

Since January, I have been working onsite for a healthcare institute in Boston -- arriving between 7h30 and 8h and…

Systematic & Efficient Planning for Your HRIS Project…

In one of my earlier postings, BEFORE searching for a new HRIS system, several reasons were presented for rethinking the…

No such thing as business ethics???…

What we tolerate, we cannot change -- having multiple sets of ethics only delays the inevitable.

Which project methodology is best?

Maybe the question should be: what problems do the various project methodologies best resolve?

No Time to Document? You must have lots of money…

Many times, how to do something is well documented. Instructions for recipes, for directions, for medicines – they are everywhere.

There’s a Need for Businesses and Educators to Collaborate

Education - there is a definite importance to this endeavor. Often, that importance is lost on those who need it…