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The Anatomy of a Pre-Analysis Cookbook – Part 2: Nuts and Bolts (Contd.)

Arun Nithyanandam - This is a series of posts, if you haven’t read the earlier ones, please read it here. The Anatomy of a Pre-Analysis Cookbook – Part 1: Overview The Anatomy of a Pre-Analysis Cookbook – Part 2: Nuts and Bolts Business Templates These...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2008 9:06 PM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Legacy, Master

The Anatomy of a Pre-Analysis Cookbook – Part 2: Nuts and Bolts

Arun Nithyanandam - This is a series of posts, if you haven’t read the earlier ones, please read it here. The Anatomy of a Pre-Analysis Cookbook – Part 1: Overview A Four-Part Cook Book While every cook book will be different, we find that they generally...

Published Fri, May 16 2008 12:05 PM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Business objects, Publish

Private Avaya needs to make some public noise

Upon hearing recently that networking company Avaya Communication is becoming a private company, the thought did occur that perhaps there would finally be an infusion of aggressive competitiveness in what has become a dull, dull company. Public ownership...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2008 10:01 AM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Avaya, Network equipment, Cisco, Private

Bill Gates: A hell of a nice guy but no IT visionary

By Dan McLean As he fades into the sunset of IT retirement Bill Gates definitely deserves to be remembered as a man of great philanthropy, rather than the IT visionary that many seem to give him credit for. As an IT journalist for 15 years, I can’t recall...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2008 10:01 AM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Bill, Bill gates, Commercials, Inspiring, Generosity

Can Microsoft speak reliably in the unified communications space?

Would you buy a unified communications solution from Microsoft Corp.? If the product is anything like the operating system software the company sells, then most definitely not. Unified communications (UC) isn’t something to invest in without some rock...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2008 10:01 AM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Microsoft, Communications, Office communications server, Unified communications

The Anatomy of a Pre-Analysis Cookbook – Part 1: Overview

Arun Nithyanandam - When you kick start a project, you’ll begin with the discover phase—sometimes also known as the requirements phase. This initial step frequently involves an exhaustive stakeholder analysis. In our experience, this first phase often...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2008 7:01 PM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Stakeholder, Cook book, Relevant questions, Stakeholder analysis

Green is the new ethics

Had an interesting and enjoyable conversation with Professor Norman Ball recently for the final instalment of a series we're doing in conjunction with the University of Waterloo. Although the talk veered down many paths, the official discussion was around...

Published Tue, Nov 27 2007 12:11 PM by Greg Enright

Filed under: Environment, Saving, Governance, Ethics, Finances

Project management's dirty little secret

In speaking with Michael Sheppard, a PhD student at the University of Waterloo and a veteran IT project manager, I heard a refreshing bit of insight into the minefield that is the art of project management. Sheppard pointed out, quite matter-of-factly...

Published Mon, Nov 19 2007 12:11 PM by Greg Enright

Filed under: Project management, Sheppard, Deployment, Expectations

BI consolodation continues

With the announcement of IBM's forthcoming purchase of Ottawa business intelligence vendor Cognos Inc., the consolodation of the BI market continues its unabated march. According to a survey from The 451 Group on the topic, some respondents see a simple...

Published Thu, Nov 15 2007 12:11 PM by Greg Enright

Filed under: Report, Demand, Market, Group clients

Sell Business to Business Users – Part 3: The Exception

Arun Nithyanandam - This is a series of posts, if you haven’t read the earlier ones, please read it here. Sell Business to Business Users – Part 1: The Need Sell Business to Business Users – Part 2: The Design & Execution When All Else Fails There...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2007 12:11 PM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: User community

Sell Business to Business Users – Part 2: The Design - Execution

Arun Nithyanandam - This is a series of posts, if you haven’t read the earlier ones, please read it here. Sell Business to Business Users – Part 1: The Need Let’s look at a few ways that you can sell the system to the users: Planning * Identify Your Champions...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2007 9:11 PM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Sessions, Evangelists

Sell Business to Business Users – Part 1: The Need

Arun Nithyanandam - Frequently, CIO’s and primary project sponsors ask a tough question. How do we sell the business (the system) to the business users? These businesspeople have been habituated to the current ecosystem. They are accustomed to doing their...

Published Sun, Nov 04 2007 11:11 PM by Arun Nithyanandam

Why are large projects different?

Arun Nithyanandam - Many people wonder why large projects are so different from smaller projects. In fact, we’ve heard people say, “okay, so the budgets for large projects are bigger, but wouldn’t you handle them the same way. Isn’t project management...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2007 11:10 PM by Arun Nithyanandam

Filed under: Scope, Multiple

The intrapreneurial spirit

One of the biggest concerns currently affecting CIOs and IT managers is staff retention. This is particularly noticeable when it concerns younger employees coming into the market with loads of ability and little patience for the traditional frustrations...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2007 10:10 AM by Greg Enright

Filed under: Forward-thinking projects, Boon

Canadian wireless technology triumphs

By Joaquim P. Menezes - Notwithstanding all the dire predictions about the "end of the honeymoon phase in the Canadian mobile wireless sector," and the longwinded laments about the many problems afflicting this sector – wireless tech companies in Canada...

Published Wed, Oct 24 2007 9:10 AM by Joaquim Menezes

Filed under: Wireless, Rankings, Wireless fast, Canadian companies