Archive for the ‘Business Cases’ Category

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Making the CM Business Case: Part 3 – Audiences and data

June 19, 2009

In the last part we looked at the basic outline of a fairly generic business case. I also stressed the importance of preparing your audience, especially for something that will be new to them – something like configuration management. I also stressed the importance of targeting your executive summary at the decision maker (the person who will make the final decision as to whether your project is done or not).

In this part I will look at the most important audience, the people on whom the decision maker relies for advice. Read the rest of this entry ?

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Making the CM Business Case: Part 2 – The Simple Stuff

June 13, 2009

Okay, where was I? Last time I pointed out that you are not going to convince anyone to introduce configuration management if you just present a business case. There’s much more to it than that. This time I’m going to discuss what goes into a business case.

Hang on! Hold the phone! Didn’t I just say that the business case was not going to swing the deal? Sure I did, but I also said you have to have a good business case because sooner or later you’re going to need it. Besides, if you can’t make a business case why are you so convinced CM is a good idea?

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Making a Business Case for Configuration Management

June 11, 2009

This is the first in a series of, fairly informal, posts about making a business case for Configuration Management.

Before I get stuck in to the topic I would like to make clear that much of what I am about to discuss applies to making a business case for anything, not just Configuration Management. So, why not have the title “Making a Business Case”? Well, two reasons spring to mind; firstly, this series was originally provoked by a direct question posed on the CM Crossroads forum about convincing an organisation to implement configuration management (here we are in 2009 and people still need convincing! Go figure) and secondly, having a specific business case in mind allows me to illustrate points in a more concrete way.

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