CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

Possible Views of Approaches and Resulting Trade-Offs

There is an old saying that goes:

To the person who only knows how to use a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

With that in mind, great caution must be exercised in the construction of the leadership and team that will drive the EIA effort.

When Approached by a Methodologist

EIA efforts directed by methodologists are typically marked by starts and restarts as the team tests a variety of methodologies to solving the problem. Some teams try the “shotgun” approach: collecting data from database administrators, process maps, interviews, and so on. These teams then go underground as they try to sift through all of the collected input. This approach has the greatest risk of spinning wildly ...