The professor spoke today at the Gardens Theatre at Queensland University of Technology (great facility by the way) on the topic of IT governance. He focussed on the actual mechanisms for ensuring that IT and business are in alignment. He focusses on structures, processes, and relational mechanisms. He noted that relational mechanisms are often missed …
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Yesterday, as part of our services to the middle market, we decided to run a seminar on how to go about making a software selection. We often find that businesses have a very tough time when it comes to picking new software. It’s often an expensive exercise, not just in the cost of the software …
As a consultant, I am in many ways often a sort of ‘troubleshooter’. It is interesting – we often go into businesses that are having particular problems, and can sometimes almost sense the stage of the business in the growth cycle. An owner of a business can often be singularly frustrated and downtrodden by the …
This article was written for BDO’s business briefing for Autumn 2003. The article is reflective of a common theme that we find – businesses often resort to writing software as a first resort rather than a last resort, and end up working even harder to make their business work. It’s not that I’m against homegrown …
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As with most bloggers, I am always fascinated to read of the faux pas that bloggers can make whilst blogging. The rampant media attention paid to this issue – often ending up in the loss of said blogger’s job – is perhaps one of the biggest reasons (sensible) people are reticent about blogging. On the one hand, …