To: mauser96 who wrote (6754 ) 7/9/1999 12:07:00 PM From: Marconi Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Hello Mr. Lamar: [somewhat OT--but a favorite old friend of mine]can adapt their company effectively). CTXS's business would lend itself to effective technology management practices like this. Does anyone know of folks in the firm doing this formally? It takes dedicated staff to be effective at it. Winging it looks like it is working, but it is really reaction and hunch compared to the quantitative professional discipline of technology forecasting, or the overall discipline of technology management. All technology firm execs should do it if they want to be leaders in their industry and many think they are--they really need staff to do it effectively because they are occupied with too many other matters and distractions to be able to do it professionally. The major element of apparent chaos remaining in effective technology management programs is the unpredictability of discoveries. They happen with regularity. They also are published and are subject to awareness through technology monitoring--the formal process of looking for signs of changes in technology.
