Outsourcing is Wonderful Part 1
As I said in my last post, outsourcing does make sense in some situations. The problem comes when it is used in major corporations which have significant complexity and have the scale to manage...
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Outsourcing is Stupid. Discuss.
OK, I admit I’m pretty much an anti-outsourcing bigot, but I’m not totally blinkered. There are many situations where outsourcing makes sense and it would be stupid not to, so let’s get that out...
The Good Old Bad Old Days
Much of this blog reflects on the cultural and organisational changes that have taken place over the last thirty or so years. When I left work after thirty-plus years, I sent out a leaving...
Where IT All Went Wrong
There was a time when a big IT project cost $5-10 million, now it’s north of $50m, big programmes run to hundreds of millions, even past a billion. At the same time, getting things...
Why your organisation isn’t working
It’s insane. Not so long ago I was responsible for putting the technical platform in place for the rollout of a huge set of new computer systems for a major multi-national. As part of...
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