Re: Carbolic Smokeballs and software salesmen.
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Loading ...The subject of software sales regulation is discussed in this very well written post. I must admit that any idea of regulation usually initiates a violent, negative reaction, since I affiliated (loosely) with a Church of Free Markets. However since I am not a fundamentalist in my beliefs, I can agree that sometimes it does produce positive results and also not always intended ones.
As software does more and more important stuff on our behalf, it is likely that it will face greater regulation. This may be no bad thing, but let’s tread cautiously. Regulations, like technology, often bump into the law of unintended consequences. This can be a good thing in software, as may lead to Accidental Awesomeness. In law though, it tends to hurt folks it was supposed to protect, or protect things that ought to be protected.
I will take on one of Vinnie’s points though:
Require systems integrators to be truthful
This was amplified by Nitin’s comment about outlandish sales claims.
Another one comes to my mind as a honorable mention as well:
- Regulate the advertising or hold vendors accountable for what they claim regarding profitability and efficiency. Vendors claim the moon - I cannot see any other industry where there is so much FUD and bogus claim
There are many excellent blogs and other resources on the Internet which explore methodologies and Best Practices for business process re-engineering, project management, systems implementation, software engineering, and change management. However I could not find much help with unlocking value of integrated utilization of these disciplines to facilitate Organizational Transformation. In this blog I would like to focus on this subject. I would like to stress that this is not an academic inquiry, but a practitioner's desire to discuss and share practical business knowledge and Best Practices. Let's see how it evolves - "Every brilliant idea quickly degenerates into a lot of hard work" - Peter Drucker.