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UNINA9910143726403321 |
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Gray Patrick <1977-> |
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Breakthrough IT [[electronic resource] ] : supercharging organizational value through technology / / Patrick Gray |
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2007 |
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1-119-19863-1 |
1-280-97452-4 |
9786610974528 |
0-470-19542-8 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Information technology - Management |
Organizational effectiveness |
Technological innovations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BREAKTHROUGH IT; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; Breakthrough IT Sections and Features; Chapter 1: Hell Freezes Over; Why Do You Need Breakthrough IT?; The Triple Threat; Hell Freezes Over: IT Enables Strategy; Chapter 2: Up Periscope!; A Brief History of IT; Shifting the Focus: Moving IT from Service Provider to Strategic Asset; Calling Sherlock Holmes: Finding Continuing Operations; Changing the Source: What to Do with Continuing Operations; Chapter 3: ET Phone Home; Free at Last; Separating Process from Technology; Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Partnering with the CEO |
Talking the TalkC-Suite Conversations: Greg Buoncontri, CIO of Pitney Bowes; Chapter 4: Clear the Benches; Continually Improving the Skills of Your People; Meaningfully Evaluating Your People; Chapter 5: Milking the Cow; Developing a Project Investment Mix; The PASRBRTKO: Project Analyzing, Selecting, Risk-assessing, Budgeting, Returns Tracking, and Killing Office; Auditioning and Initiating Projects; Monitoring and Controlling Projects; Closing and Capturing Knowledge; What the PMO Is Not; Chapter 6: Show Me the Money; The Right Stuff: Determining What to Measure; Managing to the Metrics |
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Beyong the Numbers: The ''Gut Check''Delivering the Goods; Chapter 7: Pushing Water Uphill; What Is ""Change Management?''; The Role of the CIO in Change Management; The Role of the CEO in Change Management; Change Management at the Line Level; Three Cheers for Change; Influencing Change 101; The End of Business as Usual; C-Suite Conversations: Bridget Reiss and Kathy Allen, CIO and CFO of Millipore Corporation; Chapter 8: Cashing in the Chips; My Little Runaway; The Project Killers; Setting Failure Criteria; When the Going Gets Tough-Warning Signs; Broaching the Topic of Cancellation |
Cancelling WellClosing Time; Chapter 9: Be Superman (or Wonder Woman); Arriving on the Scene; Tackling the Project Portfolio; Turning the Wheel: Making the Leap to Breakthrough IT; C-Suite Conversations: Phil Stunt, Vice President, IT International, CA; Chapter 10: Capitalizing on Success; Building Momentum; Beyond Breakthrough IT; The Future of the CIO Role; In Closing; Index |
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Unlock the secret to creating maximum business value from technologyFilled with case studies from leading C-level executives to illustrate concepts discussed, Breakthrough IT is a revolutionary approach to reshaping the corporate information technology function. This innovative, step-by-step guide provides concrete methods every business can implement to yield maximum value and competitive advantage from their IT organization.Patrick Gray (Harrison, NY) is the founder and President of the Prevoyance Group, an IT strategy consultancy that combines project management and process |
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UNINA9910810249403321 |
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Autore |
Nicolai Roel |
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The enigma of the origin of Portolan charts : a geodetic analysis of the hypothesis of a medieval origin / / editor, Roel Nicolai |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (570 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, charts |
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Collana |
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History of science and medicine library ; ; v. 52 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Nautical charts - History |
Navigation - History |
Cartography - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key Characteristics of Portolan Charts -- 3 Existing Hypotheses on the Origin and Construction Method of Portolan Charts -- 4 Cartometric Analysis; Methodology and Existing Research -- 5 Cartometric Analysis of Five Charts -- 6 The Relationship between Portolans and Portolan Charts -- 7 Constraints on Shipping and Navigation in the Medieval Mediterranean -- 8 The Map Projection, Artificial or Intentional? -- 9 Navigational Practices in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- 10 An Arabic-Islamic Origin of Portolan Charts? -- 11 Conclusions -- 12 Synthesis -- Appendix A: The Historical Setting of the Emergence of Portolan Charts -- Appendix B: Calculation of the Length of a Rhumb Line -- Appendix C: The Plane Charting Examples from Chapter 2 -- Appendix D: Accuracy Model for Medieval Navigation -- Appendix E: Cartometric Analysis Details -- Appendix F: Reliability of the cals7k.2 Archaeomagnetic Model -- Appendix G: Is the Map Projection Accidental? A Statistical Analysis -- Appendix H: The Preface of the Liber de existencia riveriarum -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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The sudden appearance of portolan charts, realistic nautical charts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, at the end of the thirteenth century is one of the most significant occurrences in the history of cartography. Using geodetic and statistical analysis techniques these charts are shown to be mosaics of partial charts that are considerably more |
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accurate than has been assumed. Their accuracy exceeds medieval mapping capabilities. These sub-charts show a remarkably good agreement with the Mercator map projection. It is demonstrated that this map projection can only have been an intentional feature of the charts’ construction. Through geodetic analysis the author eliminates the possibility that the charts are original products of a medieval Mediterranean nautical culture, which until now they have been widely believed to be. |
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