Comments on: Debunking the myth of ROI from IT http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html Thoughts on BPM, collaboration, analytics and information management, technology trends and the business value of IT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-158 Anonymous Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:40:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-158 I think the example given cuts to the heart of the matter. Frankly if the business and IT can't agree on an ROI, then they should not do the project, I certainly would not implement the example given.<br/><br/>The fact is Determining an ROI is HARD, and many people prefer to guess than do the due dilligence to determine if the project is really worth doing. I think the example given cuts to the heart of the matter. Frankly if the business and IT can’t agree on an ROI, then they should not do the project, I certainly would not implement the example given.

The fact is Determining an ROI is HARD, and many people prefer to guess than do the due dilligence to determine if the project is really worth doing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-165 Anonymous Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:40:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-165 I think the example given cuts to the heart of the matter. Frankly if the business and IT can't agree on an ROI, then they should not do the project, I certainly would not implement the example given.<br/><br/>The fact is Determining an ROI is HARD, and many people prefer to guess than do the due dilligence to determine if the project is really worth doing. I think the example given cuts to the heart of the matter. Frankly if the business and IT can’t agree on an ROI, then they should not do the project, I certainly would not implement the example given.

The fact is Determining an ROI is HARD, and many people prefer to guess than do the due dilligence to determine if the project is really worth doing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-166 Anonymous Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:40:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-166 I think the example given cuts to the heart of the matter. Frankly if the business and IT can't agree on an ROI, then they should not do the project, I certainly would not implement the example given.<br/><br/>The fact is Determining an ROI is HARD, and many people prefer to guess than do the due dilligence to determine if the project is really worth doing. I think the example given cuts to the heart of the matter. Frankly if the business and IT can’t agree on an ROI, then they should not do the project, I certainly would not implement the example given.

The fact is Determining an ROI is HARD, and many people prefer to guess than do the due dilligence to determine if the project is really worth doing.

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-157 Dennis Howlett Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:52:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-157 I don't buy much of this Neil. To me it sounds like an excuse to cast aside the notion of cost/benefit due diligence and reduces the investment argument to little more than common sense. Which isn't very common in the first place. I don’t buy much of this Neil. To me it sounds like an excuse to cast aside the notion of cost/benefit due diligence and reduces the investment argument to little more than common sense. Which isn’t very common in the first place.

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-162 Dennis Howlett Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:52:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-162 I don't buy much of this Neil. To me it sounds like an excuse to cast aside the notion of cost/benefit due diligence and reduces the investment argument to little more than common sense. Which isn't very common in the first place. I don’t buy much of this Neil. To me it sounds like an excuse to cast aside the notion of cost/benefit due diligence and reduces the investment argument to little more than common sense. Which isn’t very common in the first place.

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-164 Dennis Howlett Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:52:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-164 I don't buy much of this Neil. To me it sounds like an excuse to cast aside the notion of cost/benefit due diligence and reduces the investment argument to little more than common sense. Which isn't very common in the first place. I don’t buy much of this Neil. To me it sounds like an excuse to cast aside the notion of cost/benefit due diligence and reduces the investment argument to little more than common sense. Which isn’t very common in the first place.

]]> By: alan pelz-sharpe http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-156 alan pelz-sharpe Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:23:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-156 good piece - topic dear to my heard Neil!<br/><br/>Frankly I hold by Paul Strassmans work (the Squandered Computer) and simply refuse to do ROI calculations.<br/><br/>When the reality in many if not most enterprises is a data center running night and day supporting applications that haven't been used in years, hosting data that will never be accessed....<br/><br/>Facing up the present situation I think makes more sense than trying to convince ourselves of the value of future purchases. good piece – topic dear to my heard Neil!

Frankly I hold by Paul Strassmans work (the Squandered Computer) and simply refuse to do ROI calculations.

When the reality in many if not most enterprises is a data center running night and day supporting applications that haven’t been used in years, hosting data that will never be accessed….

Facing up the present situation I think makes more sense than trying to convince ourselves of the value of future purchases.

]]> By: alan pelz-sharpe http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-160 alan pelz-sharpe Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:23:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-160 good piece - topic dear to my heard Neil!<br/><br/>Frankly I hold by Paul Strassmans work (the Squandered Computer) and simply refuse to do ROI calculations.<br/><br/>When the reality in many if not most enterprises is a data center running night and day supporting applications that haven't been used in years, hosting data that will never be accessed....<br/><br/>Facing up the present situation I think makes more sense than trying to convince ourselves of the value of future purchases. good piece – topic dear to my heard Neil!

Frankly I hold by Paul Strassmans work (the Squandered Computer) and simply refuse to do ROI calculations.

When the reality in many if not most enterprises is a data center running night and day supporting applications that haven’t been used in years, hosting data that will never be accessed….

Facing up the present situation I think makes more sense than trying to convince ourselves of the value of future purchases.

]]> By: alan pelz-sharpe http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-163 alan pelz-sharpe Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:23:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-163 good piece - topic dear to my heard Neil!<br/><br/>Frankly I hold by Paul Strassmans work (the Squandered Computer) and simply refuse to do ROI calculations.<br/><br/>When the reality in many if not most enterprises is a data center running night and day supporting applications that haven't been used in years, hosting data that will never be accessed....<br/><br/>Facing up the present situation I think makes more sense than trying to convince ourselves of the value of future purchases. good piece – topic dear to my heard Neil!

Frankly I hold by Paul Strassmans work (the Squandered Computer) and simply refuse to do ROI calculations.

When the reality in many if not most enterprises is a data center running night and day supporting applications that haven’t been used in years, hosting data that will never be accessed….

Facing up the present situation I think makes more sense than trying to convince ourselves of the value of future purchases.

]]> By: Andrew McAfee http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/08/debunking-myth-of-roi-from-it.html/comment-page-1#comment-155 Andrew McAfee Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:51:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/debunking-the-myth-of-roi-from-it/#comment-155 Neil,<br/>You make a very important point in your last paragraph. Business and IT have to speak a common language, which means that IT has to learn to 'speak business.' I advocate framing the conversation in terms of capabilities delivered by IT. Framing it in terms of whizzy new technologies leaves business people cold, and gets us nowhere. Neil,
You make a very important point in your last paragraph. Business and IT have to speak a common language, which means that IT has to learn to ‘speak business.’ I advocate framing the conversation in terms of capabilities delivered by IT. Framing it in terms of whizzy new technologies leaves business people cold, and gets us nowhere.

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