Re: By The Dawn's Normal Light
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:08:37 -0700
Message-ID: <1f7un0plc0j70jkmhi46aq14g6fk04g1nu_at_4ax.com>
"Bill H" <wphaskett_at_THISISMUNGEDatt.net> wrote:
>I think this is the classic debate between business and IT. SAP and other
>"very" large ERP packages require the business to make (some) changes to the
>way they do business in order to obtain the benefits of their applications.
>After hundreds of millions of dollars (and I'm not joking) many business are
>back to functioning again. But there is a strong opinion that ROI is
>_nothing_ near as advertised.
>
>Small to Medium businesses (SMBs) don't have this luxury, so the concept of
>altering their business practices to accomodate the rigidities of the
>application design is not practical.
A lovely, lovely bit of sarcasm there. <BEG>
>The ultimate judge of this relationship is the business owner, since they
>take the risks. Therefore, it stands to reason that the relationship
>between business and IT should be driven by business, not the other way
>around.
Exactly.
On one rare occasion, he ordered me to proceed. I appreciated that, because I wanted to hear a commitment from him, as I was concerned that the item would take quite a while longer than he expected.
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Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences. You have biases. He/She has prejudices.Received on Wed Oct 27 2004 - 17:08:37 CEST