Posts Tagged "best practises"

Managing a large scale IT Project or Program can be like being VP of Operations for a set time.  You are leading a team from various departments. You create project plans from Business cases to reach goals within a given budget and timeline. You are affecting multiple business Process, developing a comprehensive blueprint, testing solutions and finally implementing the solution in a Production Environment. In a nutshell, your...

Find awe in your life After my short time at IBM I listed the biggest Pros and Cons of working there and I think money was number 5 on the list. Now, I worked hard to get that job and I called IBM partners in the Montreal area and asked them out for coffee, until I eventually landed a position at Big Blue. Teaching clients about the cognitive computing power of the super computer Watson, taking digital technology courses and other...

Want to reduce procurement cycle times and drastically cut accounts payable, sourcing, VAT compliance costs AND effortlessly oversee your spend costs? Adopted by 79% of Fortune 500 companies. Ariba delivers cloud-based E- Procurement solutions with advanced analytics to make it easier to just do that, as well as, enabling you to routinely find new businesses to collaborate with. Ariba allows common access to a server instance for...

A Harvard Business Review Article references a 10 year study that discusses the four (4) behaviours that make for a World Class CEO: Decide with Confidence and Speed Be Relationship Masters Be Proactive in Adapting to Change Practice Relentless Consistency The article resonated with me as it made me think of how I’ve applied (or not) these behaviours to Projects I’ve worked on and how these four powerful traits can apply to Life...

You have had a number of people pass through your company with brilliant suggestions on how to fix your business. IT has their own ideas; Six Sigma brings their own methods, Sales promises new records   and all those new Vice Presidents you hire?  They all have plenty of years of experience, probably advanced degrees and are ready to save your Supply Chain or S&OP …or even the world! The reality is that there are no shortcuts to...