You’re Sinking My IT Ship: Why Continually Treating IT Like a Battleship is a Problem

Government IT has been characterized by long term monolithic systems that fail to deliver. Part of the problem is approaching IT as a complex durable good, like a battleship, with complete specifications, known life-cycles, and defined missions. Fighter aircraft have six generations of evolving technology and missions, each having known maintenance cycles, life spans, and changing requirements based on future planning and doctrine, as well as, mission feedback. IT has none of that because it has no duty cycle or doctrine. IT can be obsolete on delivery, regardless of development timeframe. IT delivery can redefine all previous requirements. IT has very little longevity, even if successful on delivery.

ERP Trends in 2010: A Manufacturing Perspective

First I want to thank all of those people who have read and commented on my blog over the past few months. Apparently there is a lot of interest in emerging trends and many firms are positioning themselves to take advantage of the perceived shift in the market. After reading my past few blogs a few organizations have contacted me to discuss my thoughts and to share with me what they perceive to be the upcoming trends for their respective industries/markets.