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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is a reality leading to dissatisfaction and the application being a drag on the business. This gap,
the lack of the ability to change, costs the business dearly. (...)
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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is...
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2004-05-31
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. This part discusses what to do when business analysis skills are lacking. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-16
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts may become more accurate. You can make an assumption on how much improvement might be possible.
This part discusses the challenge of performing the data anal (...)
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By using software tools that help you forecast and work together with others inside your organization, and even with your
customers, the forecasts...
Published:
2001-07-17
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an organization. In this case study from a recent selection engagement for a large series book publisher,
we size up Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Lawson in (...)
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an ...
Published:
2001-12-25
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply chain management software should be postponed. If you do have some pain in one or more of these areas,
then you can follow the concepts in this article to unde (...)
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If you are not experiencing organizational stress in some of the areas where the benefits may occur, then perhaps a decision
to invest in supply c...
Published:
2001-07-13
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The reality of today’s application environment is that no single application meets all of the needs of a business, or frequently
even the needs of a single business process, so multiple applications must work together to support business processes. (...)
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What's Wrong With Application Software? Business Processes Cross Application
Boundaries. Jim ... business. Multi-Application Software Portfolios. ...
Published:
2003-02-27
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Many companies are looking to outsource development and maintenance of their application software. Common reasons that companies
outsource application software are to reduce their costs, improve quality, obtain flexible staffing levels, and obtain improved
service and support so they can focus on their c (...)
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The Many Flavors of Application Software Outsourcing. AB Maynard - September 29, 2004. Comments:
0. Read Comments ... How does application software outsourcing work? ...
Published:
2004-09-29
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Abstract:
Application software companies unwittingly but consistently overlook significant portions of their application software life
cycle, resulting in consistent under-performance of products and services, a reduced harvest, dissatisfied customers, and
missed opportunities for growth. In fact, you could be neg (...)
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The 70 Percent Solution: Fulfilling the Application Software Life Cycle. Source: Cyber Group,
Inc. Document Type: White Paper Description ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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... Not quite surprisingly, the answer I got was, “this kind of application doesn’t ...
However, there is a small group of software applications (titled Q2O or ...
Published:
2010-04-09
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Abstract:
The series, 'What's Wrong With Application Software' explored key challenges found in enterprise applications and also discussed
the characteristics of next generation architectures that would provide better support for applications. Once such solution,
model based architectures, deserves to be on an en (...)
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What's Wrong With Application Software? ... In the series, "What's
Wrong With Application Software" we explored key challenges found in enterprise applications.
...
Published:
2003-05-12
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Abstract:
The series, 'What's Wrong With Application Software' explored key challenges found in enterprise applications and also discussed
the characteristics of next generation architectures that would provide better support for applications. Once such solution,
model based architectures, deserves to be on an en (...)
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What's Wrong With Application Software? ... In the series, "What's
Wrong With Application Software" we explored key challenges found in enterprise applications.
...
Published:
2003-05-12
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Enterprise architecture is a technology problem, not the business problem. The business problem is time, money, and quality.
Focusing on modifications as an example, the reason that modifications are bad is that they take too long, cost too much,
and often have quality issues. (...)
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What's Wrong with Application Software? It's the Economics. ...
At the root of the problem is the underlying enterprise architecture of application software.
...
Published:
2003-01-30
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Enterprise architecture is a technology problem, not the business problem. The business problem is time, money, and quality.
Focusing on modifications as an example, the reason that modifications are bad is that they take too long, cost too much,
and often have quality issues. (...)
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What's Wrong with Application Software? It's the Economics. ...
At the root of the problem is the underlying enterprise architecture of application software.
...
Published:
2003-01-30
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Abstract:
Does your company do things exactly like your competitor? Does your company do things like another company who is a totally
different business? For some applications, the answer is YES, but for most they answer is either, NOT VERY or NO WAY. Then
can we expect any single application product to be the (...)
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What's Wrong With Application Software? Businesses Really Are Unique - One Size Can
Never Fit All. ... In the article, "What's Wrong With Application Software?
...
Published:
2003-02-10
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Abstract:
Can industry-leading practice be found in a commodity software package? If we accept that application software is a commodity,
by definition, the answer is no. If a vendor claims industry-leading practice, then it is available to your competition.
If we really want to have practices that lift us above (...)
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Can industry-leading practice be found in a commodity software package? If we accept that application software is a commodity,
by definition, the...
Published:
2003-08-07
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Does your company do things exactly like your competitor? Does your company do things like another company who is a totally
different business? For some applications, the answer is YES, but for most they answer is either, NOT VERY or NO WAY. Then
can we expect any single application product to be the (...)
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software application software:
What's Wrong With Application Software? Businesses Really Are Unique - One Size Can
Never Fit All. ... In the article, "What's Wrong With Application Software?
...
Published:
2003-02-10
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Abstract:
Does your company do things exactly like your competitor? Does your company do things like another company who is a totally
different business? For some applications, the answer is YES, but for most they answer is either, NOT VERY or NO WAY. Then
can we expect any single application product to be the (...)
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software application software:
What's Wrong With Application Software? Businesses Really Are Unique - One Size Can
Never Fit All. ... In the article, "What's Wrong With Application Software?
...
Published:
2003-02-10
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Abstract:
Application vendors are focusing on their install base as their primary source of revenue while cutting costs to provide
profitability. Most vendors will tell you that they are both new account and customer oriented, and some have struck this
balance. But the vast majority have been worshipping at the (...)
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Application vendors are focusing on their install base as their primary source of revenue while cutting costs to provide profitability.
Most vend...
Published:
2003-05-09
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Abstract:
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Shipping Your Software Application as an Appliance. Read White Papers and Other Software for
Your Conclusive Test by Avoiding the Pitfalls of Shipping Your Software Application. For independent software vendors (ISVs),
software delivery creates big operational challenges. Inte (...)
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How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Shipping Your Software Application as an Appliance. Read White Papers and Other Software for
Your Conclusive Test by A...
Published:
2010-03-11