Welcome! This is where I share my valuable insight, tips and advice for those who buy iT.
Do you buy IT, business technology or computers? The Devil's Guide to iT can help
Fear not! You are in very safe claws so read on and let me help you to make iT simpler…
- pink fluffy handcuffs
- Oiling the wheels of fortune
- self-built software risk is all in-house
- Only the temporary persists
- do you believe in iT projects?
- You got iT - but not yet
- agree who is accountable for benefits realisation
- think first - grab later
- hard-coding will be a problem
- integration and the domino effect
- giving iT all away
- a wing and a prayer
- watch out for benefit/ function slippage
- control provider publicity
- get integration in writing
- iT plays nicely with others
- take away the number you first thought of
- set up a benefits register
- staff development pays dividends
- check your licences carefully
- The grass is not greener, just a different colour
- get Intellectual Property rights in writing
- let the dog speak for itself
- looking for hay in a needle-stack
- we could always live in the treehouse
- in-house projects more susceptible to scope creep
- think about future impact
- business integrity
- lifetime cost balance
- Out of the box
- make sure benefits are delivered
- in-house development is not the "free" option
- get providers to explain, before agreeing to pay
- keep staff with training contracts
- early warning of integration problems
- security is everyone's business
- Swim or sink are not the only options
- don't assume backward-compatibility
- have you signed up?
- staff training contracts
- where fallen angels fear to tread
- avoid buying bespoke software
- The code is 100% re-usable
