Briefings on the Technology Laws of the IT Industry

In any profession and area of scientific inquiry there appears to accumulate over the years a collection of practical wisdom, a distillation of the pronouncements of the elders of the tribe. In the IT industry, these rules seem to be codified in “laws” that seemingly spring up everywhere. They contain hard won truths and best practices, as well as insightful observations by foremost practitioners, which could be of much use to other practitioners and to those learning the profession. These IT laws, some thirty-tree in number and counting, cover the entire spectrum from business practices (Barksdale’s Effect) to scientific principles (Snell’s Law). Why study these laws? They provide the rules of the road for technology manages and executives in the IT industry to properly and safely acquire or build and deploy IT solutions for their companies. If he drives safely by paying attention to these laws then the manager stands a good chance of being successful. Break these laws and risk failure.