Big tech companies, snapshot
I want to remind these figures for future and check how they evolve.
The destruction that goes beyond
Business leaders who adopt the attitude that anyone is replaceable, thinking they can simply hire someone with a greater skill set or someone with a more prestigious pedigree, are fooling themselves. There are some employees that cannot be replaced, and that when they disappear from the company, they carry with them value that simply cannot … Read more
100 days plan for strategic alignment
I was recently asked about how to plan an strategic alignment between business and IT initiatives, where there should be a focus on the: Follow-up and efficiency of projects initiatives. Track of benefits realization. Portfolio plan where we all can understand the dependencies of the IT projects and impacts on business. Improve the level of … Read more
Retail, some basic lessons I learned
Based on a SAP platform, some basic lessons I learned about retail. The stores: The POS are terminals that retrieve data from a server, typically located on the same store. The server of the store receives/sends data to a SAP PI. The frequency of these communications depends on your capacity to manage big volumes of … Read more
E-ink monitor
Do you know where I can buy an e-ink monitor? I have been waiting for years The option of Dasung is a fake project: http://dasung.com/english/
Remove systemic hurdles
As portfolio manager, I have a team working on the execution of contracts, attending customers and trying to compete on the market with our solutions and value propositions. When looking I look at the way we sell, offer and deliver, you find systemic hurdles that affect negatively to the ability to succeed. By that reason … Read more
Talaia, Open PPM
This product came to my inbox: http://www.talaia-openppm.com It’s aligned with PMI. You can integrate it with Redmine. It does not store documents, you need to use a separate repository. It does not cover the scheduling capabilities as MS-Project. Covers the needs of so many roles in an organization, not just Project Managers: Portfolio Manager. Functional … Read more
Trailhead, continuous evolution
I completed some trails of SalesForce Trailhead. Now I come back to make some new modules and I have found that some of the trails I did have included some new modules to enrich the knowledge of the trail. For instance on the developer beginner there is a new module for search engine, where you … Read more
Effort to earn 7,5% is tough right now
This graph is very indicative about the huge efforts to perform earnings on financial services right now. They seemed to be easy in 1995, but in 2005 the effort and the risk exposure is so huge. It’s easy to understand why GE sold GE Money, and other major transformations that are happening. How is it … Read more
Corporate performance management (CPM)
Corporate performance management (CPM) builds on a foundation of business intelligence, according to key performance indicators such as revenue, return on investment, overhead, and operational costs and is the crucial capability by which to monitor and manage an organisation’s performance. According to Gartner: “CPM is an umbrella term that describes the methodologies, metrics, processes and … Read more