Grant Margison / Sarah Heal

With all the time, cost and hassle put into IT and IM projects, shouldn't you be getting more value? Many IT projects either fail outright or simply don't deliver the return on time and money invested.

Flapping to Flying shows how you can unlock value from information technology through the use of 24 pragmatic mind tools. These mind tools will change how you shape, act on and deliver IT projects. Flapping to Flying also helps you build a vision, strategy and roadmap on how IT and the choice of systems can align to the organizations goals and hot buttons. 

This book goes beyond traditional approaches to managing time, cost and quality. Instead, discover new thinking on project design, information design and change design that sees business value locked in and lack of user adoption no longer a showstopper. These three design disciplines will help you select and steer projects for success.

Flapping to Flying is a nuts and bolts guide for IT professionals and business managers who are struggling with technology projects and putting together overriding strategy. What makes it distinctive and unique is the emphasis on design and mental perspectives on the nature of IT projects.  The tone of Flapping to Flying is unmistakably business-like and pragmatic.  Many readers will like the “cut to the chase” tone of the writing and the 24 "mindtool" visuals that crystalize the thinking for immediate action. The content is well organized with  clear, visual presentation, and the flow of ideas progresses in a coherent argument that readers can follow easily. The book is complemented by a website that showcases the mindtools and provides other resources: www.flappingtoflying.com.

Here's what one reader recently said: "I've really enjoyed the book - I would highly recommend it.  If people only purchased one book about information management systems implementation, this would be it!  It is the book I wish I had when I first started working with information management - it has a clear framework, and I can really relate to the ideas, suggestions and items covered."