Executive Engagement in Business Technology Projects

Healthcare CEO supports a mission-aligned IT investment with active engagement that ensures implementation and drives adoption. ...

... "Raymer has taken a much more active role than most CEOs might when it comes to an IT project. She developed a detailed chart with scores of lines of responsibilities for employees throughout the organization, including herself. " ...

Via Triad Area Business Journal: IT investment

Rollercoaster Project

Projects have their ups and downs, but leave the roller-coaster rides for the team-building event or celebration party. ...

... "Stewart Cooper, director of operations for Dunfermline described the implementation as a rollercoaster ride. The Temenos product had never before been used in the UK building society sector and the company identified 100 gaps in functionality ... " ...

Via Finextra: Millions lost on IT project

Project Implementation Approach

Should transformational change programs such as lean manufacturing software implementations be managed as big-bang projects or phased, line-of-business rollouts? The rollout approach tends to be more compatible with transformations. What's your experience in this situation? ...

... "Moreover, companies tend to roll out the software gradually, division by division, so its effect isn't felt as dramatically as it would be in a big-bang sort of implementation, says Moore. " ...

Via Computerworld: Lean Machines

Organize for Virtualization Success

A virtualized environment offers the ability to achieve significant scalability. Benchmarks and heuristics can help you assess the future state model for your organization post-implementation. ...

... "Management team: 15 percent of IT groups are creating a dedicated team, often called the virtual computing team, that brings together experts from various IT disciplines to manage the overall virtualization effort ... " ...

Via CIO: Benchmarks

End-to-End Process Design: ERP Implementation Approach

Ergon Energy implements ERP to replace collection of legacy systems, leveraging new business process design. ...

... "We started off with business processes and designed 19 new end-to-end processes that would conduct all the business transactions within the footprint of the ERP. " ...

Via Australian IT: Utility Industry ERP Implementation

SaaS Empowers Business Use of IT

SaaS could revive business interest in IT as the threshold for projects is lowered through a pay-by-the-drink approach to systems implementation. ...

... "With SaaS, line-of-business heads, ranging from the vice president of sales to the director of human resources (HR), can single-handedly own the purchase decision by taking advantage of free trial offers on Web sites to evaluate solutions and paying a monthly or quarterly rate low enough to stay off the corporate radar screen for requiring approvals. " ...

Via Supply and Demand Chain Executive: SaaS