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The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider

The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider
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Aug 24, 2007
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The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider

The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider

by Mike Vizard; illustrated by Brian Moore


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 1

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We admitted that we were powerless over IT – that our lives had become unmanageable.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 2

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Came to believe that an outside consultant greater than ourselves could restore our systems.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 3

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Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a smarter IT power.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 4

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Made a searching inventory of our real IT skills.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 5

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Admitted to everyone the exact nature of our IT wrongs.


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The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 6

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Were entirely ready to have an IT services company remove all our defects.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 7

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Humbly asked our bosses for funding to remove our shortcomings.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 8

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Made a list of all the users we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 9

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Made actual amends to end users, except when those amends, as in most cases, would cause more additional harm than good.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 10

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Continue to take inventory of our IT skills, and when we don’t know something, promptly admit it.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 11

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Sought through meditation and training to improve our IT skills.


The 12-Step Program for Hiring an IT Services Provider – Step 12

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Having had an IT awakening, we are prepared to share what we have learned with others.


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