Business Quote by Gene Kim
““She flips to the second page. “The projects seem to fall into the following categories: replacing fragile infrastructure, vendor upgrades, or supporting some internal business requirement. The rest are a hodgepodge of audit and security work, data center upgrade work, and so forth.””
About This Quote
Source Interview: DevOps Enterprise Summit, 2018
IT projects fall into three categories: fragile infrastructure, vendor upgrades, and internal requirements, with the rest being a mix of audit, security, and data center upgrades.
In simple terms: IT work groups into three main types plus assorted tasks.
Key Takeaway
Prioritize and categorize IT initiatives.
Themes
IT management
project categorization
risk
Mood
analytical
pragmatic
Type
strategic
operational
When to use this quote
- software development
- infrastructure upgrades
- audit processes
- security compliance
Key Concepts
strategic planning
resource allocation
Questions to Reflect On
- Are you balancing strategic and tactical work?
- How do you address the “hodgepodge” tasks?
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