Pitching an idea?

coming soon by ellbrown on flickr

Pitching is the most commonly used sporting analogy for making a business proposal but do we ever stop and think about how many different interpretations can be made of the term?
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improving the integrity of IT investment proposals

TCO = TRUE cost of ownership

feed the ostrich by .bala on flickr

Why do operating budgets become heavily backloaded towards the past, rather than towards future opportunity? Because too many organizations prefer to base business cases for a proposed system on corporate accounting policies, instead of forecasting the true cost of ownership, thereby creating an increasing legacy of sunk costs for years to come.

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a cautionary tale about over-expectation and over-selling

Emperors and Sorcerers

skinner - sorcerer by blakewest on flickr

If IT had delivered every benefit promised over the past twenty years, our businesses would be so cash-rich by now that it would be positively embarrassing to read the Balance Sheets. But they are not. So can business Emperors still be seduced by technology Sorcerers?
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