Comments for Procertis http://www.procertis.com Creating successful change management through integration of business processes with IS and IT Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:18:14 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Tactical or Strategic Savings? by John Shepherd http://www.procertis.com/2009/01/tactical-or-strategic-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-167 John Shepherd Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:18:14 +0000 http://www.procertis.com/?p=601#comment-167 Over the last few weeks, I have been reading some of your white papers and have to say that I am very impressed by your thought processes and have been allowed to reach my own conclusions at my own pace. They have given me plenty to think about and I shall be in touch soon to discuss these further and see where in my organisation we can go from here. Well done! Over the last few weeks, I have been reading some of your white papers and have to say that I am very impressed by your thought processes and have been allowed to reach my own conclusions at my own pace.

They have given me plenty to think about and I shall be in touch soon to discuss these further and see where in my organisation we can go from here.

Well done!

]]> Comment on Tactical or Strategic Savings? by Paul May http://www.procertis.com/2009/01/tactical-or-strategic-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Paul May Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:41:23 +0000 http://www.procertis.com/?p=601#comment-87 When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping... Managers who respond to changing IT needs by buying more of the same should be asked to account for the full lifetime of the kit and services they're buying - through maintenance and disposal. Looked at properly, the arithmetic of purchase-led IT enblement is really, really *awful*. When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping… Managers who respond to changing IT needs by buying more of the same should be asked to account for the full lifetime of the kit and services they’re buying – through maintenance and disposal. Looked at properly, the arithmetic of purchase-led IT enblement is really, really *awful*.

]]> Comment on Evolution and the release pattern by Romaine http://www.procertis.com/2008/10/evolution-and-the-release-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Romaine Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:06:58 +0000 http://www.procertis.com/?p=54#comment-12 You write very well. You write very well.

]]> Comment on Evolution and the release pattern by Brendan Dunphy http://www.procertis.com/2008/10/evolution-and-the-release-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Brendan Dunphy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:29:28 +0000 http://www.procertis.com/?p=54#comment-11 A thoughtful and relevant piece. Personally I believe EVERYTHING a business does (IT, organisation design, rewards, innovation etc etc) needs to be tied to and aligned with the strategy and goals of the business and as these evolve so do they. This is a tall order and we are a long way from it in most organisations. Isolated ‘best practices’ such as software maturity models that exist in glorious isolation from the business strategy are nothing more than a Band-Aid to the real challenge of creating a connected, agile and dynamic business. Those organisations that are closest to this nirvana are inevitably small (or act like W L Gore does with unit’s of no more than 150 employees) and I guess the challenge is can we find a way to scale to the next level and find ways to mitigate the obvious challenges being small entails? A thoughtful and relevant piece. Personally I believe EVERYTHING a business does (IT, organisation design, rewards, innovation etc etc) needs to be tied to and aligned with the strategy and goals of the business and as these evolve so do they. This is a tall order and we are a long way from it in most organisations. Isolated ‘best practices’ such as software maturity models that exist in glorious isolation from the business strategy are nothing more than a Band-Aid to the real challenge of creating a connected, agile and dynamic business. Those organisations that are closest to this nirvana are inevitably small (or act like W L Gore does with unit’s of no more than 150 employees) and I guess the challenge is can we find a way to scale to the next level and find ways to mitigate the obvious challenges being small entails?

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