Category Archives: Technology

• Teach your old vendors new tricks

  Posted on September 9, 2011 by hudgeon in Processes, Technology, Tip

  The Cost Reduction Tip In the 1970s and 80′s, skateboarding went through a renaissance. Difficult tricks became commonplace and impossible tricks became possible. The invention of polyurethane wheels in 1972 and the US drought in 1976 (which led to the draining of concrete pools) kicked off these advances but it was not until groups of [...]

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• Change your processes before implementing new software

  Posted on August 23, 2011 by hudgeon in Organisational change, Technology, Tip

  The Cost Reduction Tip The success rate of software implementations is woefully low. There are lots of reasons for it ranging from overselling by vendors, overspecing by customers, lack of consultation with stakeholders, under-resourcing the implementation team, etc. But in my view, much of the source of failure comes from unnecessarily bundling high risk process [...]

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• Simplify requirements before embarking on a change program

  Posted on August 6, 2011 by hudgeon in Technology, Tip

  The Cost Reduction Tip On the weekends, I’ll give a short tip without web or book references. Today’s tip is prompted by an article in the Sydney Morning Herald describing the woes and hopes of Sydney’s public transport e-ticketing project. In 1999, the NSW government signed a contract to put in a single ticketing system [...]

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