[LINK] Impact of IT business strategy, 20 July 2007, Canberra

[Tom Worthington]

Peter Weill will be visiting Australia from MIT to give a talk at a 
conference in Brisbane <http://www.eii.edu.au/seminar/GovIT>. The ANU 
has arranged for him to also speak in Canberra on IT and business 
strategy (details below).

Some may recall that Peter was one of the "gang of four" who gave 
evidence on outsourcing to the Senate Finance and Public 
Administration References Committee in 1997:
<http://www.acs.org.au/president/1997/outsrc/outsrcpr.htm>. ;-)

Peter's talk comes after Rob Thomsett's talk to the ACS in Canberra 
last week, where he castigated IT project managers for failing to 
properly involve their sponsors in projects 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2007/07/it-project-managers-need-to-manage.html>.

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Six IT decisions IT people shouldn't make alone
Professor Peter Weill, MIT
Friday, 20 July 2007, 3-4.30 pm, Canberra

Description: Many companies are disappointed in the weak returns - 
and in some cases outright losses - from their IT investments. 
Professor Peter Weill holds that IT management should not be left 
alone to make the choices that determine the impact of IT on a 
company's business strategy.

Cost:   free -- bookings essential
Further Information and booking: 
<http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/events/default.asp?ID=98&MonthID=0>.

Sponsored by the National Centre for Information Systems Research, ANU
<http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/NCISR/> and National Archives of Australia 
<http://www.naa.gov.au/>
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ps: ANU and NAA launched National Archives of Australia launched the 
course "Systems Approach to Management of Government Information" in 
June: 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2007/06/fixing-electronic-record-keeping-in.html>



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