Comments on: How Business Automation Projects Fail, Part 2

By: donnie@Chattanooga Web Design

donnie@Chattanooga Web Design — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:48:28 +0000

I wished that clients that I deal with would be wise enough to bring in a consultant to help sort the details instead of just balking on the price and giving up. Fresh eyes. Fresh solutions.
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By: David@Web Design Chicago

David@Web Design Chicago — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:12:47 +0000

I think automation is a great time saver for my aspects of your business, however it can also lead to many unwanted and unforeseen problems. The key is to figure out when you should and should not automate business decisions.

By: Tejas@PSD to HTML

Tejas@PSD to HTML — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:34:44 +0000

Hi Steve, Absolutely agree with you. Your words quite remind me of my management classes. I quite agree with you on this. In our business, we have much smaller projects, but requirements analysis forms a key part, taking up 30% of the time, and rightly so.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:28 +0000

David, thanks for your comment. It is a very similar situation. The software designer is much like an architect and an engineer. The architect has to listen to the client well enough to understand and specify the appropriate levels of robustness, flexibility, security, and functionality.

By: David@WeddingPhotographerNottingham

David@WeddingPhotographerNottingham — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:11 +0000

Dada! Sounds a bit like a building project, where the material costs are too high because its been over designed.