CIO magazine presents an analysis of an ERP project that went astray and cost HP millions. A problem occurs because the right option wasn't in place, and no one had an in-depth knowledge of business and technology.
CIOs don't run the supply chain in most companies, so they have trouble envisioning what will happen to sales if a critical system doesn't function as expected for a few days or weeks. Businesspeople, meanwhile, have trouble imagining an IT programming glitch getting past the walls of the data center and causing hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of lost sales. The chasm between cause and effect is almost too vast to contemplate.It's been my experience that integrated thinkers are able to peer into the future and understand what options need to be in place to eliminate roadblocks and throbbing headaches.
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