Gartner. Your thoughts?

denimsocks · 2022-11-08T23:02:55+00:00

The management team of my department at work seem to rely heavily on Gartner templates for their strategies etc, which help them churn out the necessary documents while relieving them of the effort of having to do much thinking for themselves. The also seem to gain more credibility than they probably deserve when they tell people their document has been reviewed by Gartner. Am I being over-cynical? Do Gartner add more value than I'm giving them credit for?

LastNCof2022 · 08/11/2022 23:21

I think that unfortunately the answer is yes.

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denimsocks · 09/11/2022 07:19

LastNCof2022 · 08/11/2022 23:21

I think that unfortunately the answer is yes.

Tell me more! I don't see it.

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Doingmybest12 · 09/11/2022 07:49

Thought this was a baby name thread! it wS a no from me . 😅

bongsuhan · 09/11/2022 08:01

Its the magic of Power Point - you can't tell from the slides whether they represent hours of thought compressed into 3 bullet points, or if they represent a few minutes of thought expanded into 3 bullet points.

Snugglemonkey · 09/11/2022 08:16

Doingmybest12 · 09/11/2022 07:49

Thought this was a baby name thread! it wS a no from me . 😅

Me too! I was wondering how to be nice while thinking "that is fucking hideous!"

SmiteTheeWithThunderbolts · 09/11/2022 09:09

I have a visceral dislike of Gartner. A previous department (IT) used them, not any templates, just six half hour sessions with a consultant, for which they paid more than my annual salary. They were constantly making staff redundant to save money, but the Gartner subscription was sacred.

I don't think they got anything particularly enlightening from the consultations, it mostly seemed to be reassurance that their proposed strategy was in line with the rest of the sector.

I wondered if it was lack of confidence and subscribing to Gartner is a way of buying your way into a club with the big boys. We were a pretty crap organisation in our sector. I later worked at a far better org in the same sector, although a non-IT department, and my director was completely disinterested in Gartner. I don't know if Gartner weren't strong in that particular non-IT field or whether the department/whole organisation was confident enough in their decision-making that they didn't need to pay for the crutch Gartner provide.

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denimsocks · 09/11/2022 22:59

SmiteTheeWithThunderbolts · 09/11/2022 09:09

I have a visceral dislike of Gartner. A previous department (IT) used them, not any templates, just six half hour sessions with a consultant, for which they paid more than my annual salary. They were constantly making staff redundant to save money, but the Gartner subscription was sacred.

I don't think they got anything particularly enlightening from the consultations, it mostly seemed to be reassurance that their proposed strategy was in line with the rest of the sector.

I wondered if it was lack of confidence and subscribing to Gartner is a way of buying your way into a club with the big boys. We were a pretty crap organisation in our sector. I later worked at a far better org in the same sector, although a non-IT department, and my director was completely disinterested in Gartner. I don't know if Gartner weren't strong in that particular non-IT field or whether the department/whole organisation was confident enough in their decision-making that they didn't need to pay for the crutch Gartner provide.

Thankyou. My thoughts exactly. I sometimes feel like the little boy in the Emperor's New Clothes story when I think this, and so wondered whether others feel the same asme. Two of our management team having been swanning off on a jolly to a Gartner conference this week, so its a bit raw.

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