In the February 26, 2011 edition of InformationWeek, Chris Murphy wrote a compelling article reinforcing the need for IT to move faster. He highlighted several CIOs and what they are doing to move more quickly. Examples included:

• Dropping project cycle time from six  to three months based on analyzing project data and baselining techniques
• Developing data centers and software development models that work off of a common set of standards for everything (factory approach)
• Deploying a minimal set of functionality, e.g. iPod touch for POS, and then seeing what suggestions for new innovation are unveiled
• Adopting new delivery models such as Agile (more…)