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March 7, 2012

David Chassels and 2 other people answered this question

What does a CIO do to move from a technology to a business organization?

A few years ago I had an exchange with George Colony CEO at Forrester and he made a profound statement “If we don’t get from IT to BT [Business Technology] we’re going to have more disasters like our present mortgage meltdown. Why? Because IT creates ... more

Information Technology

Feb. 22, 2012

David Chassels and 6 other people answered this question at this roundtable

ERP – Priming Your Business to Deliver Value From Strategy to Operations [2/15 @ 1 pm]

When defining requirements, is business process mapping a useful exercise?

Agree with all and the next step to build is also now via the map where all business logic pre built yet can build any process application "The Map is the App"! It is the future now! See why and how here http://bit.ly/yJGLoL
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Enterprise Software

Sept. 6, 2011

David Chassels and 10 other people answered this question

Why has the user experience on ERP products historically been so bad?

Ron
Try a demo Telco took 5 man days to build http://bit.ly/qw1yBA
General rule is count up the number of user forms and that becomes number of days for end to end custom process. Yes it all sounds too good to be true but true it ... more

Information Technology

Enterprise Resource Planning

Aug. 15, 2011

David Chassels recommends this answer by Steve Christensen

What are your tips for organizations looking to define a 3-5 year IT strategy?

In planning your IT strategy focus exclusively on the business. Make sure you understand what the business needs. For the past decade, IT has been identified as out of alignment with Business. This seems to be related to driving the car via the rear view ... more

Information Technology

Aug. 3, 2011

David Chassels and 5 other people answered this question

Tips for talking your boss out of legacy software and into ERP?

Bob
I am one of many CAs that have never believed in the ERP concept because it is not how business actually works. 40 years ago I was walking round factories mapping out the processes looking for weaknesses for audit. Then computers took over led by ... more

Information Technology

Enterprise Software

June 1, 2011

David Chassels and 7 other people answered this question

What is the next step for ERP technology?

ERP was created from MRP a concept from the '80s! ERP really grew from the fact it was the only alternative that attracted the business executive who believed the sales pitch - "do not worry we can handle all IT requirements with an intergrated solution". ... more

Information Technology

May 24, 2011

David Chassels and 2 other people answered this question

Should an ERP buyer agree to put its own skin in the game in an implementation services contract?

ERP buyers need to think long and hard about why ERP. If it is to run and help the front line of business with full real time visibility then it is the wrong technology see new http://bit.ly/f7tcOm If your accounting system is deficient then it ... more

May 7, 2011

David Chassels and 2 other people answered this question

Is cloud ERP set to dominate on-premise?

Yes that may happen due to slick sales people driven by commission. Should it happen - NO - If you want an accounting system by there are cheaper options! Want to control income and expenditure buy a people support driven system where key features include ... more

Information Technology

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Enterprise Resource Planning

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