http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog Susan Penny Brown discusses best practices in the software selection process Mon, 24 May 2010 04:31:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/a-professional-services-foundation-for-achieving-business-value/ http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/a-professional-services-foundation-for-achieving-business-value/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 04:31:26 +0000 Susan Penny Brown http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/?p=973 I am on the inside looking out of a niche software vendor’s Professional Services organization these days. The team hasn’t had strong leadership or direction in well over a year. Their business processes are not reliable or even repeatable. They consistently work 70+ hours a week to just barely tread water. They are exhausted and [Read More...]]]> http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/a-professional-services-foundation-for-achieving-business-value/feed/ 0 http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/10-ways-the-software-selection-process-can-go-wrong/ http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/10-ways-the-software-selection-process-can-go-wrong/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 04:29:26 +0000 Susan Penny Brown http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/?p=960 There are all too many ways that the software selection process can go wrong. Whether an organization plans to spend thousands or millions, correcting a misguided effort costs a bundle, consumes an enormous amount of time and effort, and can be avoided. If you see your organization doing any of the following, quick, take corrective [Read More...]]]> http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/10-ways-the-software-selection-process-can-go-wrong/feed/ 0 http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/how-to-prioritize-business-technology-investments/ http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/how-to-prioritize-business-technology-investments/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:26:02 +0000 Susan Penny Brown http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/?p=952 Regardless of the size of your organization, the demand for business technology investments always exceeds available funding. If the goal is to leverage technology in order to bring the greatest possible value to the business, what is the best way to prioritize these investments? It should start in the very early analysis of each possible [Read More...]]]> http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/how-to-prioritize-business-technology-investments/feed/ 0 http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/how-smbs-can-organize-on-enterprise-projects/ http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/how-smbs-can-organize-on-enterprise-projects/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:17:44 +0000 Susan Penny Brown http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/?p=942 Large companies can afford layers of executive oversight and governance on large enterprise projects, but this overhead doesn’t make sense for small businesses. Still, having the right people in the right roles, knowing who gets to make key decisions and how key decisions will be made, can collectively make or break a project.  Following is [Read More...]]]> http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/how-smbs-can-organize-on-enterprise-projects/feed/ 0 http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/update-your-enterprise-apps-or-invest-more-in-what-you-own/ http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/update-your-enterprise-apps-or-invest-more-in-what-you-own/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:50:14 +0000 Susan Penny Brown http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/?p=934 With consumer spending up for the fifth month in a row, modest growth could be in our future. Large company spending on enterprise solutions is significantly up in 2010 and it’s expected that small to mid-size businesses will follow later this year. If you’ve been waiting for the trigger to consider your own strategy, this [Read More...]]]> http://www.interimtechexec.com/blog/update-your-enterprise-apps-or-invest-more-in-what-you-own/feed/ 0