Lost in Translation: A Handbook for Information Systems in the 21st Century

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Do you speak “business” or “IT”? Perhaps you speak a little of both. In today's connected world, where business and IT are fused, chances are that if you're a business or IT executive, or someone working to transform a business, you speak a little of both.

But what if there were a “third” language? A common language that was natural for both “business” and “IT,” straightforward enough to use, yet sophisticated enough to work in today's connected world? What if such a language only comprised a handful of words?

With such a language, the “loss in translation” between business and IT would happen less, because both would be using the same language. With such a language, business outcomes and transformations would become much more achievable. This is VPEC-T. This is the language of Information Systems for the 21st century.

Table of Contents: 

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: VPEC-T: A Five-Word Path to Improved Communication
Chapter 2: Information Systems Thinking: Examining What, not How
Chapter 3: VPEC-T in Detail: A Common Language Explained
Chapter 4: VPEC-T Analysis Applied: The Art of Clarity
Chapter 5: Externalization & Adoption Engineering: Tackling the Biggest Picture
Chapter 6: Interviews: The Value of VPEC-T in the Real World
Annotated Bibliography

Author(s): 
Nigel Green & Carl Bate
Publication Date: 
November 2007
Publisher: 
Evolved Technologist Press
Pages: 
154
Language: 
English
ISBN: 
978-0-97892184-2
Cover Type: 
Softcover
About the Authors: 

Nigel Green

Nigel is fascinated by two things; the way people actually use IT and how well IT reflects real-world behavior. His list of favorite authors hints at his values; philosophers, economists, architects, physicists, anthropologists, entrepreneurs, technologists and systems theory thought-leaders are on that list. A business/IT translator for over 25 years, Nigel specializes in large organizations with complex and distributed operating models where he applies the thinking described in this book.

Nigel is an executive enterprise architect at Capgemini.

Carl Bate

Carl works with organizations helping them transform, applying equally people behaviour and information technology considerations. His values include team spirit, honesty, freedom and fun. Carl brings leadership to help businesses realize new possibilities in the world of “connectiveness” and business technology fusion surrounding us.
A value creator, enroller and business/IT translator, Carl has worked as an advisor and line executive across multiple industries.

Carl, a vice president and CTO at Capgemini, is executive sponsor of Lost in Translation.

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