Managers talk deadlines - as in time remaining. IT staff talk milestones - as in modules completed. Unless managers start thinking in terms of modules completed, and IT staff start thinking in terms of time remaining, the problem of business-skilled IT workers and IT-skilled business workers won't go away (IT skills are falling short of demand).

For that to happen, business workers - especially business managers - are really going to need to know much more about IT, and IT workers - especially IT managers - about management.

How many managers today, and not just in IT, are qualified in both business administration and IT?

Gordon Docherty