The software analyst industry needs a code of practice.
This article has been podcastIn my country, the broadcast industry and the advertising industry both adhere to a voluntary code of practice to police the more extreme behaviours of their members. I...
View ArticleDebasement of concepts by IT vendors and analysts
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View ArticleITIL reduces costs by up to 48% - another crap factoid to beware of
Time and again the analysts come up with these numbers using totally unscientific methods and before you know it they are gospel and popping up everywhere like bird flu. I'm not sure who's worse; the...
View ArticleThe Emperor Still Has No Clothes: no evidence for ITIL
We still call ITIL "best" and we still put up business cases for millions of dollars to implement it, yet there has never been any empirical scientific research to show that ITIL does better than, say,...
View ArticleThe CMDB Tidal Wave? More of a ripple.
Dodgy stats and talk-up-the-market hype mar two otherwise interesting articles on CMDB.read more
View ArticleMcKinsey on IT Strategy; a combination of insight and gibberish
Most analysts produce a combination of insight and gibberish, none more so than McKinsey.read more
View ArticleIT Skeptic Awards 2007 - IT Skeptic
14:21 minutes (5.76 MB)A podcast of the original articleThe IT Skeptic is pleased to announce our annual New Year's awards, inaugurated last year. These awards are presented to deserving figures and...
View ArticleCrap Factoid Alert: "Two-thirds of companies around the globe are using ITIL"
The IT Skeptic's Crap Factoid Early Warning Service has detected another Crap Factoid (pure B.S. that will be presented so often that everyone will think it true) emerging.read more
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IT analysts produce crap - what to look for in analyst "research"
This post has been podcastCrap Factoids are pure B.S. that almost sound like a fact, and will be presented so often that everyone will think it true. Let us look closer at a classic Crap Factoid where...
View ArticleAnalyst crap factoids as memes: nobody thinks any more
There are a couple of fundamental causes underlying the success of analyst crap factoids as memes [a meme is an idea that propagates through the species like a gene].read more
View ArticleIT analysts produce crap factoids - The IT Skeptic
14:03 minutes (5.64 MB)This is a podcast of the original article IT analysts produce crap - what to look for in analyst "research"read more
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Crap Factoid Alert: CMDB savings of more than $1 million per year
This post has been podcast.This is a CATEGORY 1 Crap Factoid alert from Chokey the Chimp at the IT Skeptic's Crap Factoid Warning Service. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Be on EXTREME danger alert for CF "CMDB...
View Articlea back-of-an-envelope re-analysis of Forrester and BMC's own CMDB research
This post has been podcast.[Updated June 2009: the paper, entitled "The Total Economic Impact of the BMC Atrium CMDB Solution"is here.]Several readers argue well that ROI is not the right measure for a...
View ArticleBMC's own CMDB figures - The IT Skeptic
9:32 minutes (3.83 MB)A podcast of the original post a back-of-an-envelope re-analysis of Forrester and BMC's own CMDB researchSeveral readers argue well that ROI is not the right measure for a CMDB,...
View ArticleEMA CMDB research: where's the wave?
Recent "research" (in the analyst sense of the word) from EMA shows that even amongst those who say they are working on a CMDB [which other numbers indicate is 10%-30% of the ITIL population], those...
View ArticleThose who would promote CMDB should promote CMDB
Much of what we read about CMDB is actually singing the praises of asset management, network discovery or other simpler technologies. Other benefits attributed to CMDB actually come from process...
View ArticleCMDB federation - making a dead elephant dance
The analysts can beat the drums all they like - they won't make the CMDB dead elephant dance [I'm in training for the World Mixed-Metaphor Championship]. I've talked before about how the analysts are...
View ArticleHornbill ITIL State of the Nation survey: Viewer discretion advised
Hornbill has released an ITIL State of the Nation survey [registration required]. I think it is a good report, relative to the usual Crap Factoids we see. It doesn't try to get all worked up about any...
View ArticleDev needs to understand what Ops is for
A recent blog post made me angry. This is one cause of the Dev-Ops divide: ignorance of what the other side does. I expect some of that in the trade, down at the coalface amongst Dev and Ops...
View ArticleAbolish the CAB at your peril
There seems to be a fashion for analysts to make rash revolutionary statements. I reckon it is in their KPIs. The normally-temperate Glenn O'Donnell said:"Abolish the CAB!". That is - to put it mildly...
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