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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Aligning IT with the business. Posted June 16th 2012 at 9:11 pm by olie. I just got back from a presentation by a local IT services provider today. They where trying to beat the drum of IT infrastructure (all ways get my blood up). For me the key word that connects IT and the business is alignment! The process of alignment is about having IT systems that can respond to business needs. As already mentioned,...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » Blog Archive » First-Mover Advantage
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Posted February 8th 2012 at 10:42 pm by olie. Many new product development and marketing authors refer to ‘first mover’ advantages; the first mover being the firm that first enters the market with a new development: For those products that made it to market, an important outcome is their speed to market and the ability to achieve first mover advantage. 2 Advantages related to occurrence of positive network...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » 2012 » April
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Tips on managing Software Teams. If you want to succeed as a leader, you can only do it by setting up your team members to succeed. Put your best performers on your biggest opportunities. Focus on results and productivity and not the time clock. Build consensus by letting people know “why”. Align people with the stuff they are good at. Align people with the projects they are passionate about. The Travels o...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » Blog Archive » Build on Core Competencies
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Build on Core Competencies. Posted May 22nd 2012 at 3:31 pm by olie. How to guide the direction of new enterprises for the Prefex group by organically using the skills and abilities that it already possesses? Is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it, or its employees, works. It fulfills three key criteria:. 1 It provides consumer benefits. In many industries, most skills can...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » 2012 » July
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Why invest in Information Technology and Systems. However this was not true for strategic investment. Both of these pieces of research where written over 15 years ago and most medium to large organizations have become a lot more mature in their approach to investing in ITS. My experience is that in some circumstances systems for business processes can provide a strategic impact on the cost of doing busines...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » Blog Archive » Non-Executive Directors Good vs Bad
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Non-Executive Directors Good vs Bad. Posted March 18th 2012 at 8:38 pm by olie. The Role of Non Executive Directors. The considerable amount of media attention on the issue of corporate governance has highlighted the role of Non-Executive Directors. It is well documented that Non-Executive Directors can make a significant contribution to company performance regardless of size. It is normal for Venture Capi...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. The Last Days of Penh. I mean it’s not a big sale, its actually only one module of the firms Micro finance suite. The thing that I am really chuffed about is the fact that they did it all themselves. Olie, March 30th 2010. Olie, February 24th 2010. So how do you get where you are going? If you walk, be prepared to be addressed by every driver on the street. Hello, Sir. Where you go? I take you. Sir? I gene...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » Blog Archive » Market Testing
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Posted February 22nd 2012 at 10:49 pm by olie. What does market testing do? Market testing of a product or service, and its marketing mix (price, promotion, place/distribution channels; and for a service, people, processes and physical evidence) is undertaken for three main reasons:. 1 Unlike concept and product use testing, it tests the product. The market strategy concurrently. 1 To decide whether or not...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » 2012 » June
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Aligning IT with the business. I just got back from a presentation by a local IT services provider today. They where trying to beat the drum of IT infrastructure (all ways get my blood up). For me the key word that connects IT and the business is alignment! The business, eg, by automating procedures to improve efficiency. On the other hand, IT systems are now being developed so as to. As already mentioned,...
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter » Blog Archive » Mission Impossible
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The Travels of the Techno-Freedom-Fighter. Just another lost sole on the information super highway. Posted September 8th 2012 at 6:44 pm by olie. The question needs to be asked, what is the mission of an IT manager? With the impact of Information systems being felt higher and wider in the organization, the opportunity to have an impact on organizational performance has grown greatly. The ambiguity in systems specification ballooned as the focus has changed from process-driven transaction processing t...
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