Realising the Future of Work

  OMG what the heck is this? Is this just clickbait or is this for real? What’s gonna happen when you view this post? Probably nothing but let’s just make sure… Ha! Gotcha! Ah well, you’re in now, might as well stay to see what on earth this is all about. Probably a load of junk but you never know, could be something interesting… Once upon a time, there was this very big company, who liked to try and help make the world a better place. They hired lots of brilliant people, like Jill who was a whizz with computers and Jack who was really great at helping people use them. Jill and Jack made a great team, as they travelled all over the land, helping companies large and small to make better use of their computers. But there was a problem. While Jill and Jack were working with the companies, everything was really great and people loved their computers. But when they left to go to help another company, they quickly grew to hate them and started doing things the old way again. Jill and Jac...

  Today’s instalment in the “Implementing Success” series discusses the importance of testing during project implementation as well as how to ensure you are prepared for testing to make the most of it. How successful you are as a Systems Implementer (SI) often comes down to how much value your client gets out of the system you just implemented for them. This might seem a little unfair, since SI’s don’t often own the product that they implement and so have no control over it’s overall functioning. However, what they do still have responsibility for is ensuring that it does at least do what they’ve said it will – that is, that the system is configured in line with agreed-upon and well-defined requirements. Let’s look at this from a customer’s point of view. As a customer, you will be looking to lean heavily upon your chosen SI throughout your implementation, to provide you with the knowledge and expertise that you need to make the most out of your new tool – and you should. A good SI...