I help finance directors get off Excel. On a mission to end the drama and expense of "big bang" transformation projects
I help finance directors get off Excel. On a mission to end the drama and expense of "big bang" transformation projects
I once worked with someone who had an incredible amount of passion for her job. She would work weekends. She would work nights and early mornings. She would carry her passion into everything she did. She cared so deeply to get things done that she would often fall out with colleagues. Sometimes she would shit-talk …
Have you ever wondered what the IT people are talking about? Do you sometimes feel that you can’t always explain what your IT problem is? Are you confident that you’re talking to the right person? Do you want to feel empowered in project meetings and be able to work effectively with operations people as well …
When something goes wrong with your systems you have options: Hope it fixes itself and do something else while you wait Open a call with your helpdesk, your I.T. provider Ask someone in your organisation to help (your go-to expert or power user) Ask a techie in your organisation to help Google it and try …
It may come as no surprise to you that software development is a complicated and confusing business at the best of times. It is one of the professions that truly sits at the heart of the intersection between maths, engineering, craft and art. This is not to say that all developers are tortured souls who …
What kind of a business are you? Do you sell things? Do you sell services? Do these things and services require extended support from your business or are they “fire and forget” purchases? Have you discovered yet that you’re a knowledge business? Getting too excited about systems? Some people get excited about implementing technical systems. …
There is verifiable wisdom in Conway’s Law. The pattern it describes has been accidentally repeated thousands if not millions of times in software projects all around the world. So what is it? Who is Mr Conway and why should you care about this? A New System Appears Have you ever worked with a new computer …