...understanding of business/IT linkages — knowledge of how your company conducts business and the information technology available to it, so as to be immediately competent in addressing new business situations....…
...I do know, though: They don’t scale down very well. Imagine you run a 45 employee company, and one of the above-mentioned vendors offered to give you their software for...…
...front of me. It’s compact, stable, and … nifty. Treo/Blackberry: Yes, there are still a lot of companies that don’t let you connect a Treo or Blackberry to your PC...…
...companies. The construction companies, owned by the railroad company board members, siphoned off huge amounts of capital from the railroad companies, enriching their owners while leaving both the employees and...…
...fixed. On top of which come the hidden costs of everyone keeping their heads down until they figure out the new collection of hidden rules that come with new management...…
...has become so plentiful and commoditized that it no longer provides anyone with a competitive advantage. He is, of course, right. In a wrong kind of way. Imagine that every...…
...to do about it. Have a plan for getting it done. Are working harder than anyone else in the company to get it done. Will be as compassionate as possible...…
...recall, asserts that information technology has become a commodity, and as such is now more of a defensive play than a strategic advantage. We’ve reached the point of diminishing returns,...…
...to offer — while smaller companies generally compete on flexibility and agility, which come from employing practices instead. Beware the false dichotomy: Process and practice aren’t categorical alternatives. They’re the...…
...For a cost-reduction project, the only significant risks are faulty design and failure to complete the project. If the planned business change is well-considered and delivered, cost reduction is guaranteed,...…