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Technology Negotiations are Still Hard

Technology negotiations are different from other business deals and this has not changed much in spite of the increased digital literacy of our business colleagues.  As Lawrence Susskind wrote in a 2006 Harvard Business Review article, four problems routinely crop up in digital technology negotiations that are not as likely…
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Crossroads of Control vs. Digital cont.

In my last post, Crossroads of Control vs. Digital, I said would discuss the next logical questions for an IT leader.  The first of which is “How do you embrace this “new world order” without having everyone in the business do their own thing, with little consideration for overall company mission…
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Crossroads of Control vs Power

“The technology for digital business is stateless and loosely-coupled, not stateful and closely-coupled like IT.”  This quote from Andy Mulholland, VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research, caught my attention because it captures a paradigm shift that most IT leaders struggle to embrace.   There is a sense of security in…
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Well Done, Woodgrain!

We enjoyed reading about Woodgrain’s continued success with the Transportation Management solution we helped them implement and how that solution is helping them manage their current growth spurt! SAP News Article – Woodgrain Millwork: Delivering the Poetry of Architecture by the Truckload You can watch videos about their use of…
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BRFplus – a hidden gem within your SAP system

No matter how much one tries to minimize customization in an SAP system some volume of custom business logic is usually unavoidable.  Historically this meant introducing custom ABAP syntax in various user-exists, enhancements, BAdI\'s and custom programs.  Given the complex and interdependent nature of an SAP system, it becomes imperative…
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Why CIOs Get (Deserve?) A Bad Rep

In the last few weeks, I’ve seen several articles about the challenges with and for CIOs: How CIOs are the obstacle to the missions of business executives; how CIOs and CMOs need to learn to work together; and even articles asking ‘Whose business is IT?’.  Examples include these posts by Michael Krigsman: “CIO…
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A dinner chat with Mike Vizdos

I\'ve been following Mike Vizdos @mvizdos on Twitter for quite some time now.  His popular web site implementingscrum.com mixes a healthy dose of cartoon humor with some very practical and handy advice on utilizing Scrum.  So when Mike tweeted about being in Sacramento for the week we reached out and…
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