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10 Ways IT Can Help Business Out in Tough Times



What Frontier Airlines learned during a big IT project.

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  • What Frontier Airlines learned during a big IT project.
  • 1) Ask.

    Compile a comprehensive list of all IT needs and wants across the organization.

  • 2) Collaborate.

    Bring business sponsors into the process to get the full context of immediate needs.

  • 3) Prioritize.

    Work with business to get a grip on all organizational and executive-sponsored initiatives, then weight and rank them.

  • 4) Plan.

    Create a view into the future on priorities and resource availability.

  • 5) Track.

    Know what every person on the IT team is working on at all times.

  • 6) Share.

    Provide real-time reports so business knows what to expect.

  • 7) Be flexible.

    Be able and willing to reprioritize work in the face of changing business needs.

  • 8) Execute.

    Focus on delivery, quality and fast execution.

  • 9) Be transparent.

    Have the statistics and metrics required to demonstrate resource utilization.

  • 10) Focus on results.

    Reduce the talking time and meeting time and instead put the time into getting results.

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