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How to ensure that technology projects are completed within the agreed budget?
As Project Sponsors and executives, we aim to ensure that technology projects are completed within the agreed budget. To achieve this, it's vital for the Project Manager to properly define the work scope and add a contingency (say 30% to the budget estimate). In...
Our responsibility is not to appease everyone!
A leader's primary responsibility is not to appease everyone. Those leaders who aim to please everyone are simply preserving their position. They may not be driving the organisation forward. They may fulfil all the requirements, but they avoid taking any risks that...
Businesses like to believe they are unique!
Businesses like to believe they are unique and different from their competitors in the corporate world. Therefore, they seek custom software solutions to set them apart in the market. However, the reality is that most traditional businesses have similar capabilities,...
What is the cost of a delay in software investment?
As business owners and project sponsors, we want to know the cost of software implementation as soon as possible. We tend to optimise the cost of implementation and aim to complete the project within an agreed budget. But the bigger question is, how much are we losing...
Turning Software Costs into Profitable Investments!
Software costs and implementation is a critical concerns for corporate businesses, business owners, and project sponsors. However, instead of solely focusing on the cost, it is important to consider the potential return on investment (ROI). Classifying technology...
Run and wait!
As customers or executives, we possess a position of power. We have service providers (vendors/employees) to offer services in exchange for currency. The service providers are trained to serve. A few learnt on the way that ‘customer is always right’. A few of them...
Comparing solution options can make you cry!
So, we have a business problem to solve. We want to automate end-to-end business processes to remove silos, increase efficiency and improve our customer experience. The solution options are: Update the existing ERP and develop integrations between the ERP and CRM...
Merely measuring the project based on time, budget, and quality is a dumb idea!
The following story illustrates why: We wanted to solve the problem of manual labour and time spent cutting vegetables at home. So we form two parallel project teams to solve this problem. Project team - A developed cutting machine. The A team designed and developed...
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