Tagged ‘Accountability’
Given the great effects that the level of business equity can have on the survival and credit rating of a company, it is a good idea to understand who has responsibility. It is clearly a financial concept and the natural place for resting responsibility would be with the different accountancy teams within the organization.
However there are dangers in this approach. If responsibility for business equity is shelved onto accountancy teams, other sections will not have an understanding of how their activities can lead to the diminishing or increase in business equity. Ideally everyone should understand their role in developing and maintaining business equity. Read the rest of this entry
Despite the best efforts of all the people involved, an IT project can fail. Either it will be completely unable to function or it will be overwhelmed by the needs of the organization that commissioned it. There are a variety of reasons for the failure and it is important to have an understanding of them in order to avoid the pitfalls when undertaking future projects. This article aims to outline some of the major issues that can cause a perfectly sensible business IT plan to fall flat on its feet.
Human beings will be at the heart of any business IT project. They will be the working capital that ensures it is commissioned and at the end that it is used for the purpose for which it was commissioned. They will bring their own judgments, skills and failings to the project and could ultimately bring it down. Read the rest of this entry
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