We used to experience what we called MBAM, "Management By Airline Magazine". Anytime our former CEO took a long trip, he would come back fired up about the latest shiny, glitzy, gee-whiz thing featured in some in-flight or business magazine. Fortunately, he forgot about most of them as soon as he heard what they really cost.
============================================================ Norman Morgan <> nmor...@brake.com <> http://www.brake.com ============================================================ Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injection? ============================================================ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Carter > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:29 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] UV to SAP migration disaster > > Amen to that. > > Too often ERP decisions are based on perceived 'Status' of > the software > product by individuals that NEVER use it. It ends up being > about keeping up > with the 'Jones' when sharing Executive war stories over > martinis while > figuring out how much their Golden Parachute will provide > when they are > finally jettisoned. > > How many of us have dealt with this type of out of touch > executive that > wants to blame the failed, late, overbudget (or all of the above) > implementation of the GEE WIZ software package on the > 'Implementation Team' > or the 'Unsophisticated Users'? > > John H Carter III > Impact Business Consulting Corporation > Office/Fax (858) 676-3406; Cell (760) 497-5545 > "Unlocking Your Potential" > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Schasny > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:51 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] UV to SAP migration disaster > > Unfortunately, its not always about the money. In many cases > its about a > change of leadership where the new guy on top wants his own personal > favorite software. I have been personally involved with at least 2 > instances where a new CFO has insisted that the ERP solution > with which > he/she/it is most familiar was instituted without regard for > cost, ROI, > or the possibility of increased functionality. In another > case a new CIO > insisted that a relational database (Informix in this case) > was the only > way to go and after 5 years and 10+ million dollars they had > managed to > replace the AR & AP modules with no new functionality, more than > quadruple the size of the IT department, and completely give > up on the > idea of replacing the businesses core application (alarm monitoring) > because of the propensity for the new systems to crash on a > regular basis. > > I think it would be to our advantage if only businesses were > in fact led > by rational intelligent people all the time but Enron, Global > Crossings, > Bear Stearns, etc, etc, etc should be sufficient warning that > they are not. > > Rex Gozar wrote: > > It's fun to think of UV as the underdog and how the cards > are stacked > > against us. It's fun to be in the "I told you so" crowd when the > > competitor fails. > > > > [stuff removed] > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Jeff Schasny - Denver, Co, USA > jschasny at gmail dot com > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
