News of the Times
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to welcome you to the inaugural issue of NueVista’s newsletter, NueVista View. An online platform for sharing IT industry insights with our valued clients, consultants and friends, NueVista View will be delivered to your e-mail inbox each quarter. It is our priority to make each issue a worthwhile read that gives you useful marketplace perspectives, important technology news and tips that can improve business and IT operations. Here’s a quick overview of some of what we’ve prepared for you in this issue:
| Works as Designed, But Not as Needed When technology does not perform as business stakeholders expect, an IT project launch can go from good to miserable in no time at all. The good news is that many of the issues that cause gaps between what is needed and what is delivered can be eliminated through improving requirements definition. NueVista offers seven proven tips to help IT organizations optimize their requirements definition process and bridge the critical gap between what business teams want and what IT delivers. Learn more. |
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| Secure Funding Despite Lean Times As anyone in IT will tell you—from the CIO to the IT help desk staff—technology needs don’t stop for a recession. This issue of NueVista View shares tips on how IT leaders can successfully secure funding despite some of the toughest budget gate-keeping in recent history. Learn more. |
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| Skills Report What IT skills will be most important to IT organizations in the years ahead? NueVista reviews IT development trends and the types of skills IT departments will need most to compete and innovate tomorrow. Learn more. |
While the recession and the pace of recovery continue to loom large for all businesses, NueVista has made it a priority in our work and in this publication to focus on the opportunities before our industry today. We work with a large number of leading organizations and are seeing many clients loosen budget reigns in order to re-energize IT development and maintenance projects. NueVista predicts 2010 will begin to resemble a more normal business year for all of us, and we look forward to offering you insight into industry prospects and innovations in our future issues.
In the meantime, we hope you find NueVista View an interesting read, and invite you to share it with others on your team as well as submit requests for any topics you would like to see us cover in future issues. Please enjoy and be sure to let us know if you have any questions or comments.
Best regards,
Stuart Emanuel
Chief Executive Officer
stuartemanuel@nuevista.com
2009 Community Update
NueVista is proud to have been involved with a number of charitable causes and business workshops in 2009. We’ve had the privilege of supporting the following nonprofit organizations including:
| • | The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America |
| • | The Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| • | The Crisis Center for South Suburbia – South Suburban Women’s Crisis Center |
| • | Boy Scouts of America |
| • | Make-A-Wish Foundation |
On the business side, we’ve led a number of programs in conjunction with the Technology Executives Club and the CQAA and hosted 10 workshops at client sites on the following topics:
| • | Business Requirements Planning |
| • | Project Quality Management |
| • | IT Strategy Implementation |
If you’re interested in hearing more or scheduling one of these free events for your company, please contact Mark Daniels, Senior Partner, at 630.472.0536 or markdaniels@nuevista.com.
December 2009
In This Issue
IT Spotlight: Works as Designed, But Not as Needed
Seven proven ways to strengthen the requirements process, and ensure IT solutions meet the business need, your customers' expectations and the anticipated ROI. Learn more.
Secure Funding Despite Lean Times
Valuable tips for building a smart business case for IT spending. Learn more.
Looking Ahead: Developer Skills
A list of essential skills to help CIOs and CTOs making post-recession staffing plans. Learn more.
IT Employment Trends: Healthier than Most
A look at how the unemployment rate for IT occupations compares to the national rate. Learn more.
In Their Words
“NueVista really does a great job of focusing on our challenges and finding solutions (e.g. Web design) and project staff – including quality assurance professionals, technical writers, business analysts, developers and project managers. This is one of the biggest differentiators they bring us.”
– Jeannine Grippo
Director of Systems Development
College of American Pathologists
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