http://blogs.gartner.com/aadi/2008/11/19/the-10000-hour-rule-and-solving-problems-versus-seeing-connections-between-problems/ SOA & Modernization: Beyond Business & IT Alignment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://blogs.gartner.com/aadi/2008/11/19/the-10000-hour-rule-and-solving-problems-versus-seeing-connections-between-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Pauwl Lunow Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:28:09 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/aadi/?p=121#comment-8 I agree it is similar. What is a little scary though is that those making decisions 'after 10 years' are relying on the views and technologies of those that have just joined the company/industry. We've seen such an errosion of content- skills in IT management over the last decade that I struggle to see how many companies are going to take a decision on making the significant governance and architectural changes required to make a step-change in the right direction. Companies without tech-savy (35-45 yr old) middle-management with strong communicative skills are going to suffer the next 2 years whilst vendors drag them into a new paradigm. I agree it is similar. What is a little scary though is that those making decisions ‘after 10 years’ are relying on the views and technologies of those that have just joined the company/industry.
We’ve seen such an errosion of content- skills in IT management over the last decade that I struggle to see how many companies are going to take a decision on making the significant governance and architectural changes required to make a step-change in the right direction.
Companies without tech-savy (35-45 yr old) middle-management with strong communicative skills are going to suffer the next 2 years whilst vendors drag them into a new paradigm.

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