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