Tagged ‘Human Subjectivity’
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
Do you believe that business intelligence is some mumbo jumbo fantasized by greedy management consultants who are after your hard earned cash? Are you a business owner or manager who will not employ business analysis tools? Do you think you know your business inside out? Are you confident that there is nothing you can learn about your business? In other words are you complacent? If you are any of the above then you can think again.
If you have a particularly small business which employs less than 10 people and is primarily based locally, then chances are that you know a lot about your business or if not, just enough to make sure that it doesn’t go under. However if you are running a larger show, you may never be able to understand what goes on in your company and surely that is a recipe for disaster. Read the rest of this entry
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