Year | # | Title | # | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions | |
| 37 | Teams that don't keep score | | Those who don't keep score are only practicing | 1996 | 02/27/2006 | 03/28/2024 | HPMD | Story | Yes | Male | Measurement | 1) What are the ways your team keeps score? Do they have a say in | |
| 38 | Service Integrity | | What we expect of other professionals, we must expect of ourselves | 1996 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | HPMD | Story | Yes | Female | Service | 1) Have you heard the attitude of "it's not my job" from any of y | |
| 40 | The Dinner Invitation | | A project is a partnership is a relationship | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | St. Francis | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) What would indicate customer delight for your customers? 2) Ha | |
| 41 | The Chairman Gets IT | | Talk about technology in nontechnical terms | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Communication | 1) One of the ways to describe technology is by using metaphors. | |
| 42 | What are you working on? | | "What are you working on?" is a powerful framing question | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Leadership | 1) As the letter to Adam asks, what is your cathedral, your villa | |
| 43 | Lease versus Buy | | Lowest cost is not always best | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Finance | 1) How do you justify equipment investment to your budget committ | |
| 44 | Giving the Third to the Architect | | You have to give one to the developers | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | St. Francis | Story | Yes | Male | Change Mgmt,People Mgmt,Quality | 1) Which projects have you experienced that have problems with ti | |
| 45 | Letting Go II | | Let go and let your team | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | St. Francis | Story | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) What are some of the things you do that your team may conclude | |
| 46 | Draw Another Picture | | A drawing is worth a thousand words | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 06/15/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) Can you draw your IT strategy on a single page? Does this forc | |
| 49 | The Webcam and Being There | | Watch the next generation | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) What are your leading indicators? More importantly, who do you | |
| 50 | How am I doing? | | Regularly ask your stakeholders how you are doing | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Measurement | 1) How often do you meet 1:1 with your stakeholders? | |
| 51 | That Was a Good Meeting | | Without specific action items, the meeting was a waste of time. | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Process Mgmt | 1) What was the worst meeting you ever attended? Why? 2) What was | |
| 52 | Collaborating is Doing it Together | | It's better doing it together and it's more compelling for your sponsors | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) What are the advantages of collaborating? What are the disadva | |
| 53 | Creating an Internal Capital Budget | | Investment funds created out of operations are the easiest to get approved | 2002 | 02/27/2006 | 06/15/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Budget Mgmt,Finance | 1) Do you have a capital budget? If so, what percent of your tota | |
| 54 | Customizing to meet the need | | Don't modify core code | 2002 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) Can you think of some exceptions when a system should be custo | |
| 55 | Legacy Systems: Fish or Cut Bait | | Legacy systems mean falling behind | 2002 | 02/27/2006 | 02/08/2024 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) Which of your organization's systems are holding you back? 2) | |
| 56 | Firing and Values | | IT has the keys, but can't look | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) What are some other breaches, where termination is the right r | |
| 57 | When We Get Technology Right, More Kids Get Fed | | Turn it around: When IT gets it right, more kids get fed. | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy,Values | 1) How does a Negative statement like avoiding a mistake make you | |
| 58 | Don't Bet Against the Network | | Don't bet against the network | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) Are Internet connections changing fast enough to wait? How do | |
| 59 | Change the Box | | Change the box; don't take "black box" processes as a given | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Process Mgmt | 1) What process steps will you change in your current or next pro | |
| 60 | Love the Manual Solutions | | Manual is sometimes best | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 06/15/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Process Mgmt | 1) Can you point to IT programs that were written for special, on | |
| 61 | Sorting Stories | | Sorting stories about features keeps priorities visible | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) Would you automate the story card method? Why or why not? 2) W | |
| 62 | Giving Back is Strategic | | Philanthropy is more than citizenship or retention; it's strategic development | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) How are you helping to create meaning for your team? 2) What d | |
| 63 | Watch Your Kids | | Watch the next generation | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Home | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) What do you see kids doing with technology today (including ga | |
| 64 | The Knowledge is in the Doing | | 50% of what you need to know is in the doing | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) Why can some people visualize a solution and some can't? Is th | |
| 65 | The Work Has Meaning | | The work has meaning | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) How does what your team is working on have impact on the peopl | |
| 66 | Off the Shelf | | Off the shelf beats custom code for most applications | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Project Mgmt | 1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of shadow IT? 2) How | |
| 67 | Eating your own dog food | | IT needs to eat its own dog food | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Process Mgmt | 1) Are IT needs part of your application analyses? 2) What are ot | |
| 68 | Chunk It Down | | Small is beautiful; chunk it down; phase it out (love the chunks!) | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) What project or problem have you seen that suffered from the l | |
| 69 | Strengths, not Weaknesses | | Focus on strengths | 2005 | 02/27/2006 | 06/15/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) How many of your 1:1 meetings talk about the employee's streng | |