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How does your company deal with change management?

The problem is a communication breakdown caused by people or process tools that force a technical lingo to be understood by all and a lack of common, shared understanding as to what the business goal…

Tagged: tips, implementation, ECM, management, change

Replied Oct. 14, 2009

Is your business Agile - able to thrive in changing market conditions?
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Successful companies fail because corporate inertia keeps them from planning for change. Corporate inertia can be broken down into strategic, structural and personal inertia. To maintain success duri…

Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Gilbert Sep. 24, 2009.

What process tools do you currently use? What could they do better?

I've interested to survey the world of process / requirements mapping tools to potentially optimize our offering in this space. What tools do you currently use? What could they do better? Thanks -…

Started Sep. 16, 2009

What would you say are the top reasons for IT project failures?

Thanks so much for your excellent replies. The answers frame what's top of my list - mis-alignment and agility issues as well as bringing to the fore perceptions and experiences that I hadn't conside…

Replied Sep. 16, 2009

 

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Mark ~ Everything we do is a process. To understand & control these better, use Knowledge Genes for free - http://www.knowgenes.com/
November 16, 2009
Scott Gilbert replied to Mark Ridgwell's discussion 'Is your business Agile - able to thrive in changing market conditions?'
Readers might find this paper on Business Agility to be of interest. http://www.enthiosys.com/insights-tools/ba-wp/.
September 23, 2009

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Does your company primarily...
Sell information management products
The country I live and work in ...
England
About Me:
I work for Knowledge Genes in Cambridge, UK. I'm a business strategist and product developer.

My mission is to simplify and energize people's lives with better understanding and control of their business processes.
Website:
http://www.knowgenes.com

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Data is the raw material of the information economy

Data is valuable. As the challenge of protecting customer data mounts, more and more businesses are embracing data-governance strategies to manage the information that serves as the lifeblood of the company. Without a doubt, data has become the raw material of the information economy, and data governance is a strategic imperative.

Increasingly, companies seeking competitive advantage are also leveraging data governance to proactively add value to the bottom line. It is about getting the right i… Continue

Posted on October 14, 2009 at 1:11pm —

Mark Ridgwell

Are you ready for "E-Discovery" requests?

Electronic discovery (also called e-discovery or ediscovery) refers to any process in which electronic data is sought, located, secured, and searched with the intent of using it as evidence in a civil or criminal legal case.

"E-Discovery" requires that a party, in a timely manner, produce any electronic documents a court deems relevant. And almost every court case involving a business today will require the discovery of documents. If you're not prepared, you will have to react to document reque… Continue

Posted on September 18, 2009 at 10:39am —

Mark Ridgwell

Control Enterprise Risk

Enterprise risk management is a process, effected by an entity's board of directors, management and other personnel, applied in strategy setting and across the enterprise, designed to identify potential events that may affect the entity, and manage risks to be within its risk appetite, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of entity objectives.

This definition reflects certain fundamental concepts. Enterprise risk management:

-Is a process - it's a means to an end, not an e… Continue

Posted on September 16, 2009 at 12:44pm —

Mark Ridgwell

Aligning Business and IT Strategy

For IT Management to succeed, they need to work in complete alignment with the business' strategy. Not knowing this strategy is not a valid excuse - it's up to IT to understand the business objectives and do everything they can to help achieve them. Otherwise the IT function will be perceived as nothing more than a cost of doing business....

Create and Deliver a Winning IT Strategy - coded by BCS

Posted on September 15, 2009 at 12:58pm —

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