1. Agree with your customers what they want from you and when they want it. Clarify all the issues as you work through the discussion, ironing out any misunderstandings and highlighting things that are easy to resolve. Then write down a specification. It is amazing what you will find out. 2. Define what your “purpose” […]
Information Technology: Are you Just Hiding the Problem?
A tale of two officesThe first is a shambles, clearly the owner has no idea what is going on, he should be taken outside, sacked, hung, shot and generally persecuted for good measure. The second is a model of organisation, it is paper free, the work has been, productionised, computerised, systematised and digitised. It is […]
The Office Tour
Whenever I visit somewhere new I am always given a tour of the offices. I am not entirely sure why. I have been in offices in Manchester, London, Glasgow and Swansea and they all look the same. More to the point I have been to Bangalore, Washington, Rotterdam and Sydney and to be honest they […]