Success Stories

Not all IT investments go bad.  In fact, some organisations have a remarkably consistent track record of getting IT exactly right.  Nor surprisingly, most of them recognise this as a strategic advantage, and keep it quiet.  But there are always a few good stories and it helps when they are told, to balance the depression we might feel when confronted by unending tales of disaster.  

Where are they?

As always, we look through our daily news feeds and the hard copy papers, seeking out stories that give us lessons on effective IT Governance.  Perhaps it's because of the overwhelming focus that this month has had on what's gone wrong at Customs - but we can't see anything in our clippings that ranks as a definitive good news success stories.

Sure there are a few cases where IT costs have been cut, and IT has been sed to shave at the margins of business cost.  But we seem to have missed out on any big good news items.

Perhaps our readers would be good enough to let us know of significant success stories, where organisations have used IT to make a real difference.