1. The Ten Commandments of
Intelligent IT Investment
Andrew Stott
formerly Deputy CIO, UK Government
@dirdigeng
Chisinau, Moldova andrew.stott@dirdigeng.com
17 May 2012

2. The Ten Commandments
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3. I. Great Projects have Great Leaders
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4. II. People achieve success, processes help
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5. III. Be Clear on Roles and Interfaces
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6. IV. Control time, and you control it all
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7. V. Often others can do it better than you
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8. VI. Better to be a customer than a provider
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9. VII. Caveat Emptor
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10. VIII. Do not give your brain away
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11. IX. Be Transparent
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12. X. If you feel in control ….
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13. End
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