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…
- early warning of integration problems
- The code is 100% re-usable
- in-house projects more susceptible to scope creep
- Out of the box
- business integrity
- a wing and a prayer
- version one is just a public beta
- Swim or sink are not the only options
- security is everyone's business
- hard-coding will be a problem
- You got iT - but not yet
- Oiling the wheels of fortune
- customer and vendor partnerships
- lifetime cost balance
- get me my broker
- abandon low value innovation
- timesheets are a waste of time
- keep staff with training contracts
- check your licences carefully
- get providers to explain, before agreeing to pay
- blinded by Innovation
- vendor driven churn during hard times
- staff development pays dividends
- make sure benefits are delivered
- iT plays nicely with others
- beware of the empire builders
- The grass is not greener, just a different colour
- where fallen angels fear to tread
- partnering with vendors
- let the dog speak for itself
- looking for hay in a needle-stack
- don't assume backward-compatibility
- Only the temporary persists
- think first - grab later
- avoid buying bespoke software
- integration and the domino effect
- points of weakness
- no substitute for ownership
- staff training contracts
- watch out for benefit/ function slippage
- control provider publicity
- get Intellectual Property rights in writing
- get integration in writing
- the Cloud affects your risk profile
- leave skeleton keys to escape-artists
- giving iT all away
- spare that tree
- agree who is accountable for benefits realisation
- think about future impact
- set up a benefits register
- ugly ducklings grow up
- Innovation is the only strategy
- do you believe in iT projects?
- have you signed up?
- pangs and fangs
- they only fade away
- every cloud has a lead lining
- pink fluffy handcuffs
- take away the number you first thought of
- In-house development is a high-risk lifestyle choice
- build an impression with version one
- in-house development is not the "free" option
- we can re-organize or downsize without risk
- self-built software risk is all in-house
- Sunset dates keep the iT world moving forward
