Rethink Software
Most people totally underestimate what is involved in making a successful soft-ware purchase. City of San Diego CIO Johnathan Benkhe observes “the larger the organization the more chaotic the approach to selecting enterprise software.”
A little research about enterprise software selection will turn up a lot of information. Unfortunately, much of the advice offered is too high-level to be useful, or may not be credible. This talk will help you make successful software purchases by describing what to do, how to do it, and why it works.
In this talk, you will learn how to make a successful software purchase
• What is the foundation for a successful selection
• Why software selections fail and who should make the decision
• How to select software that fits your needs like a “glove fits your hand.”
• How to reduce implementation risks for on time delivery within budget and with minimal business disruption.
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- Date: 21 May 2019
- Time: 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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- 16399 W Bernardo Dr
- San Diego, California
- United States 92127
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- Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society San Diego Chapter
- Starts 17 May 2019 11:16 AM
- Ends 21 May 2019 04:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Chris Doig
Rethink Software
Biography:
Chris graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa with a bachelor of electrical engineering degree. While at university, he founded Cirrus Technology to supply information technology products to the corporate market. The focus at Cirrus was helping companies buy the best IT products for their particular needs. Cirrus also developed custom software for the South African 7-Eleven franchise holder and other corporate clients.
In the mid-nineties, Chris immigrated to the United States and worked at several companies in technical and IT management roles: Seagate, Biogen, Netflix, Boeing, Bechtel SAIC, Discovery Communications and several startups. At all of these companies he repeatedly saw software being purchased with an immature selection process. Invariably this software would take longer to implement than planned and cost more than budgeted. To make matters worse, the software seldom met expectations.
Having struggled with software selection, Chris founded Wayferry to help organizations acquire enterprise software. He is also the author of Rethinking Enterprise Software Selection: Stop buying square pegs for round holes. For Chris, the ultimate satisfaction is when clients report meeting or even exceeding expectations with their new software.