Modifying the Lombardi Teamworks’ Coach brings the project very close to the intersection of two paths. Custom versus Off-The-Shelf software development software development has been at the crux of many discussion in the recent past. In one direction, just the right amount of technology and custom code is added to achieve necessary and required effect […]
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Which is the best path for building out new process models? Following the path of least resistance is your best bet in most circumstances for optimized Process Modeling. There are a few grey areas in this answer which I’ll cover later – the key point is that guidance is focused on rapid turnaround on process
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What roles does your IT organization play? Is that list of roles aligned with what its list of roles will be in 2015… or even 2013? Is your organization ready for IT Transformation? The answer – more than likely – is no. Your IT organization will change rapidly in the next few years, and Cloud
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Let’s refer back to the list we included in the first post in this series on IT Transformation: Define the enterprise architecture – how the systems fit together to provide the business solutions that the business units demand, Manage the delivery of code for specific software packages – as part of cross-functional business/IT teams that
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In this series on IT Transformation, we’ve talked about the fundamental changes on the horizon for your IT departments, and we’ve talked about why the ability to weave your solutions together into a single fabric – enterprise architecture – will be the most important function of your IT department moving forward. Now let’s talk about the
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The “Cloud” is the subject of an unbelievable amount of hype. Pragmatism is seemingly dead in the technology world; it’s been replaced by an endless stream of hype that is in no way connected to reality… I thought that perhaps that was just a product of the trend toward ERP systems in the late ’90′s
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Platform consolidation is a broad topic covering several aspects, but has a focused primary objective – to reduce costs by reuse. The reduction in costs is usually through consolidating multiple applications or software technologies into one and thus saving license and maintenance costs, or replacing aging servers to fully utilize all operational servers to increase
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So you are all set to start on your first BPM project implementation. You have done your homework, that is to say a Business Value Add analysis and have selected a “core” business process that is crying for more visibility and automation as your first implementation. But is that enough? Like the proverbial fat lady
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I am intrigued by a new development in computing that seems to be getting more traction. Operational Intelligence (OI). What is it? Well, we have all heard of Business Intelligence (BI); collect & analyze your data for an epiphany into market behavior. Operational Intelligence (OI) seeks to do the same thing but with Events instead of
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With the unemployment rate rising, the financial bailout program getting worked out and the stimulus bill still in debate with the US Senate we have to wonder where the silver lining is. However there is hope and one global industry that can benefit from this crisis is the IT (Information Technology) sector. Let’s review a
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