Recession

The Technology Adoption Life Cycle

Posted on 06. May, 2010
Categories: Enterprise Systems, IT Projects, Recession

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Why are so many organizations reluctant to implement new technologies? Why do organizations often take a “wait and see” approach?

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Do Tech Companies Wield Too Much Power?

Posted on 06. Mar, 2010
Categories: Guest Posts, Recession, Web 2.0

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I recently did a guest post for ReadWriteWeb, a great site full of interesting content. In it, I explore the tension between employment and technology. Is technology destroying creating more jobs than it is creating?

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Disposable Workers, Newton’s Third Law, and The Lock Down

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010
Categories: Consulting, IT Project Failures, IT Projects, Recession

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What are the often overlooked risks facing organizations that rely on non-employees? If an organization’s goal is to minimize short-term cost savings, then it’s hard for me to argue against using consultants. Cost aside, contractors and temps have no employment contracts and we’re generally not covered by US labor laws.

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Employee Training in a Recession

Posted on 28. Mar, 2009
Categories: Recession, Training

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This article discusses the increased importance, benefits, and risks related to employee training in a recession with respect to enterprise systems.

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Traditional or Milestone Consulting: Which is Best?

Posted on 24. Mar, 2009
Categories: Articles, Consulting, Recession, Training

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In a traditional consulting arrangement, a firm deploys a team of full-time individuals at a client site for forty hours per week, typically four days at ten hours per day per consultant. Conversely, under milestone consulting, a client employs a consulting firm to check in with them on a regular basis, ensuring that the project is both meeting its individual goals and, from a broader perspective, remains on track. A client will often utilize a hybrid consultant–equal parts project manager, techie, and application expert–to visit on site every two weeks or so. Now that the definitions are out of the way, let’s discuss each in more detail.