Credit Crunch

how to evaluate IT business cases

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The credit crunch is making it harder to get funds for technology investments so here is my own IT business case evaluation tool to help you make sure that your business case really has strong enough legs to stand up, before you pitch.

As an interim director I have had to [...]

Credit Crunch

a handful of golden acorns

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Some say that small businesses will lead the way out of the global economic downturn, presumably because hard times create  necessity – the mother of invention.

I am not so sure, although I would be pleased to be proven wrong.

I suspect that the credit crunch will give us a handful of golden acorns – [...]

Credit Crunch

Paywall: way to go or publisher’s pipedream?

The apparently slow demise of print publications and the downward trend of online advertising revenue is making more publishers and content providers think seriously about introducing so-called ‘paywalls’ – where original content and information is available only to paying readers.

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I have been watching this for some time now and wonder if [...]

Credit Crunch

Interim managers: the killer question

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An effective recruitment process for interim managers is very different  - or should be.

And there is a ‘killer’ job interview question that can quickly sort the interim wheat from the chaff.

Economic downturns always promote the importance of interim management, as more organizations and individuals look  to [...]

Credit Crunch

Gunfight at the sunset corral

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The credit crunch is likely to bring an upsurge in vendors seeking to maintain revenue streams by squeezing their installed userbase even harder.

Previous downturns have been seen as an opportunity for bringing forward so-called ’sunset’ dates for older products, with the intention of jolting users into upgrading to newer versions, usually at [...]