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How Do I Find An IT Solution?
This post starts a series to walk one through the questions we must answer in finding solutions for business problems. We will focus on IT solutions because so many challenges are best solved through automation. That is where software applications shine. However, there will be situations where your best solution…
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Are There Industry Requirements Or Regulations
We can have an incredible vision for a product and then fall short due to additional requirements. Industry requirements or regulations burden our solution and can even make it unviable. Likewise, these are often constraints on our solution that cannot be avoided or ignored. They might add to the cost…
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How Soon Do You Need It? – Quick Solutions
Monetary cost is a crucial ingredient to any project plan. However, time is also essential. Quick solutions almost always cost more and have lower quality due to constraints on building them. The three-legged stool is time-money-resources, and that last one pulls less weight. There is often a limit to the…
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What Is Your Budget? Setting Constraints For Your Solution
This question is one of the primary ones to answer for any project or endeavor. Your budget is a crucial constraint and a guide to building the perfect solution for you. Of course, we all want a good deal and are happy to have our needs met for a lower…
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How Will The Solution Impact You Or Your Business
The question about the solution impact should be in your mind throughout the planning process. It is an essential part of the “why” of the entire project. There is a reward, benefit, or transformation (or all of the above) you expect from this project. That is measured by the impact…
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Is The Problem Likely To Change Or Evolve – A Moving Target?
One of the early assessments needed in solving a problem is whether it is a moving target. In particular, business problems often change or evolve while we build solutions. These changes can be upgrades to tools, compliance changes, or the winds of change many businesses navigate. While the problems may…
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What Is The Perfect Solution To Your Problem
We have spent some time defining our problem and are now ready to dream about that perfect solution. Perfection is hard to achieve. However, it is helpful to have a goal that aims high. If we fail to ask for everything we want, we can miss out on excellent opportunities.…
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How do you currently solve your business problem?
We must start with our current approach as we continue to delve into a process to solve our business problems better. Thus, we must ask our next question: How do you currently solve your business problem? We started with a definition, but now we assume that there is some current…
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Contingency Planning And Disaster Recovery
There is nothing like a crisis to help us focus on important things like planning. Topics like disaster recovery suddenly become much more interesting. The Coronavirus is all over the news, and this has caused a wide range of reactions. Some of these have included things like cancellations and workers…