Why SAP HANA is a breakthrough technology
ArchitectureBPMBusiness Information ManagementGovernance I have been working on SAP HANA for long time. First call with SAP’s R&D was in 2010, when HANA was yet to be named and they were still...
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ArchitectureWednesday the 18th of April marked 100 days to the greatest show on earth, along with the promise of even more superlatives, as a direct consequence of the Olympic motto: “Faster, Higher,...
View ArticleTransition to Agile, how does it work? (Part 1)
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentI just started as an Agile coach for a big player in the financial market in the Netherlands. This company chose 2 years ago for a transition to Agile for all of their...
View ArticleHow to kill your estimates
AgileCustom Software DevelopmentWebIt must have been about twenty five years ago. I was working for a large international consultancy firm. One of the reliable ones. The ones that you would think that...
View ArticleHolding the Candlelight Vigil for Traditional Enterprise Architecture and...
ArchitectureThe Strategic Alignment of Business and IT has been the "grail quest" of the Information Technology world (and every CIO) in the 20th century. One of the paths the IT visionary folks took...
View ArticleMastering Clarity. Why your MDM pitch deck should have 3 points
Business Information ManagementDataGovernanceAt the IRM MDM Summit this week there is one element that is coming up multiple times, sometimes because people have got it right and other times because...
View ArticleThree Ways to Check the Success of my BPM Initiative - Measure, Measure and...
BPM One thing which never ceases to surprise me is how little thought is paid by organizations to defining the metrics/Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) by which they will define the success of a BPM...
View ArticleCase as a Service
Business Information Management There is no doubt that the market is seeing great demand from customers to change the way they procure their IT, not least in the move to the ‘as a Service’ model. There...
View ArticlePredictive Analytics
Business Information ManagementPredictive analytics is all over the news nowadays. It is touted as the new solution to all of the problems facing the business world! Suddenly, anybody who is not...
View ArticleIn-flight entertainment
SocialWebWhile writing this blog, I am at 11 km up in the air, travelling at 816 km/h. Sitting in a comfortable seat and realising I am surrounded bij ICT systems I am glad none of them offer me...
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