Executive Summary We cover the risk model we use to assign risk to applications. This risk model is made up of components that are combined to create an overall score. Introduction To manage risk, it is important to define the most important components of risk that an enterprise software implementation is likely to face and…
Executive Summary Many factors conspire against realistic and accurate estimates of IT project duration estimates. We cover who has input to the estimate and how their bias impacts the estimate. Introduction For software buyers, they face a significant amount of information that causes underestimation of implementation duration. This article will discuss who does implementation duration…
Executive Summary After the BusinessObjects acquisition, SAP used an inaccurate proposal around fair use to intimidate BusinessObjects trainers. We cover the ridiculousness of SAP’s proposal. Introduction This article describes that SAP has been using legal letters which misrepresent what is called fair use laws to intimidate people into paying them to show SAP Business Objects screenshots. Our…
Executive Summary The basics of IT risk management are routinely ignored on projects. We cover what they are and how they can be followed. Introduction To understand how to manage IT project risks, we must first level set on what we mean by risk. First, there are many different degrees of success or failure on…
Executive Summary There is basic parts selection logic of the availability maximizer, which includes the cost of the part. Service parts management must be able to deal with zero demand situations. Introduction This approach and program were written expressly for a low demand environment at the dealer level. Most independent demand inventory algorithms ( EOQ,…
Executive Summary It is often presented that risk is reduced by buying from the largest software vendors. This article explains why buying from large software vendors actually increases risk. Introduction After a detailed analysis of this topic, it is clear that the standard approaches to managing risk on enterprise software selection and implementations such as…
Executive Summary Projects normally do not have a risk percentage applied to them in the project planning stages. Companies tend to prefer to assume that all IT projects will be successful and ignore IT project failure. Introduction It should go without saying that implementation success and implementation timelines are probabilistic. Enterprise software is generally complex…
Executive Summary What is little discussed is that the more financially successful media entities are the most corrupt. This article covers how the most accurate articles come from small media entities. Introduction Conventional and wealthy media outlets are an excellent place to find out what Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would like you to believe….
Executive Summary Snow Software wrote an article about ways to cut spending on SAP. We analyze this article for accuracy. Introduction Snow Software wrote a paper titled 5 Ways to Cut Spending on SAP Software. In this article, we will analyze this paper. Quotes from Snow Software’s Article SAP has more than 40 named user…
Executive Summary Indirect access is triggered by specific behaviors on the part of the customer. Sharing information with SAP is a double-edged sword in that it opens the customer to more liability. Video Introduction: How to Use Outsourced Support to Gain Privacy from SAP Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Brightwork Research &…