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> [“IT—especially with its role so greatly enlarged by the arrival of the Internet—has changed not only how we work and conduct business, but also how we (and our customers) play, how we consume, and how we educate our next generations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/it-especially-with-its-role-so-greatly-enlarged-by-the-arrival-of-the/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

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## More by Robert D. Austin

> [“IT—especially with its role so greatly enlarged by the arrival of the Internet—has changed not only how we work and conduct business, but also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/it-especially-with-its-role-so-greatly-enlarged-by-the-arrival-of-the/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“Easily. It’s pretty common in this kind of job to see significant disparities in ability. It’s not like other kinds of work, where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/easily-it-s-pretty-common-in-this-kind-of-job-to-see-significant/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“Iterative, adaptive approach that recognized the importance of developing prototypes or else manually walking through how the system would work in great detail, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/iterative-adaptive-approach-that-recognized-the-importance-of/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“Oh, I see. I think. I don’t have to actually know things I don’t know, I just have to know what they are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/oh-i-see-i-think-i-don-t-have-to-actually-know-things-i-don-t-know-i/)

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> [“He knew that some believed that standardization would impede innovation; that was one of the arguments people who resisted standardization were most inclined to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/he-knew-that-some-believed-that-standardization-would-impede/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“Oh, I see. I think. I don’t have to actually know things I don’t know, I just have to know what they are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/oh-i-see-i-think-i-don-t-have-to-actually-know-things-i-don-t-know-i-2/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“Good CIOs are hard to find. Even if you can find one, it may take as much as a year for a CIO new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/good-cios-are-hard-to-find-even-if-you-can-find-one-it-may-take-as/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“Assigning best people to the project (“If they’re easy to give up, they’re the wrong people.”)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/assigning-best-people-to-the-project-if-they-re-easy-to-give-up-they/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“Type 1 leadership was about functional requirements and individual systems; the focus was operational. Type 2 was less about managing individual projects and systems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/type-1-leadership-was-about-functional-requirements-and-individual/)

[Robert D. Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-austin/)

> [“So the best project management policies are those that promote open flow of information up and down the project hierarchy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-austin/so-the-best-project-management-policies-are-those-that-promote-open/)

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