Information technology management and engineering
services since 1991.
HISTORY
Our
Values
Optimize
our clients' investments in information technology.
Bring
seasoned real-world experience to the business of technology
management.
Deliver
disciplines that support global as well as local requirements.
Implement
practical processes to insure long-term management of investments.
TAM
Group, Inc. was founded in 1991 by Charles Banning, Ph.D., to
leverage his technology management disciplines to corporate I/T
environments and technology vendors. He believed that a focussed
group of senior professionals experienced in business management as
well as advanced I/T product development could best provide unbiased,
strategic services to corporate I/T organizations. These services were
built around a core concept of a set of "architecture" disciplines that
support technology investment decisions.
The increasingly rapid change of information technology - PC's,
LAN's, and relational databases - had, by the late 1980's created
complex operational and asset management problems for I/T managers.
Furthermore, the promise of information engineering and RAD as
well as LAN-based workgroup business solutions was driving corporate
I/T organizations to deliver and support less mature technologies
within their infrastructures.
These trends called for new I/T analysis and management disciplines
other than those of the conventional "strategic information
system planning" processes. Charles Banning formalized pragmatic
processes based on his work in delivering infrastructures to
support new business areas for major corporations such as GE and
AT&T. The key characteristics are:
Rapid delivery of a technology framework to avoid being
overrun by technology and business changes.
Comprehensive coverage of all I/T functional areas to capture
direct and indirect infrastructure impacts.
Flexible analytical formats and tools to adapt to different
business problem spaces and I/T governance structures.
Repeatable processes must be established to support continual
updating of the I/T investment strategy.
