Blogs about: System Failures
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The Burnt Hand Teaches Best: Financial Firms Turn the Corner on New Systems
New systems fail for a number of reasons. However, thanks to developments in service-oriented architecture (SOA)-which reduces interdependencies between applications-and the implementation of the Sarb… more →
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Five Parallels Between Golf and IT Projects
Phil Simon wrote 1 month ago: On my recent trip to Las Vegas, I was able to play a few amazing courses, including the TPC at Las V … more →
The Need to Publicize System Failures
Phil Simon wrote 4 months ago: I originally wrote this post for erp.com. System failures are common. While we often hear the statis … more →
Star Trek: The Next Generation 2.11 (Contagion)
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Andrew wrote 6 months ago: Cast: Colm Meaney (Miles O’Brien) Carolyn Seymour (Sub Cmdr. Taris) Thalmus Rasulala (Captain … more →
The Technology Adoption Life Cycle
Phil Simon wrote 6 months ago: Introduction I had an interesting week discussing a variety of topics related to the Technology Adop … more →
Death by Architecture
Phil Simon wrote 7 months ago: Mike Rosen’s recent Cutter.com post on poorly conceived projects got me thinking. Perhaps noth … more →
Master Data Management
Phil Simon wrote 8 months ago: Master Data Management has been getting a decent amount of play recently and I figure that I’l … more →
The Unmitigated Disaster
Phil Simon wrote 9 months ago: In “Why New Systems Fail“, I discuss the four major types of system failures, the most s … more →
Egolock
Phil Simon wrote 9 months ago: My Buzzwhack word of the day arrived this morning and prompted me to write. Egolock–when an ex … more →
Trying to Practice What I Preach
Phil Simon wrote 10 months ago: One of the points that I make in “Why New Systems Fail” is that organizations have a cho … more →
Brijit.com is Temporarily Down
jbrosowsky wrote 1 year ago: A power outage at our co-location facility late last night caused the main Brijit site to go down. I … more →
Helium Writers Tell Stories About Their Involvement w/CPS
Forever wrote 1 year ago: Because the swing of every pendulum brings with it potential adverse consequences, it is important t … more →
Check out LawyersandSettlements.com - Article written about my story!
Forever wrote 1 year ago: Abusive Ex-husband Makes Sure Woman Loses Son Its Almost Tuesday – Read Our Story on http://ww … more →
Sad PC
diddums wrote 3 years ago: Mood: Vainglorious Listening to: Whirr of a sulky PC I meant to go to bed at 2 a.m. after sending of … more →
System Failure Case Study: Replicating the Old in New Systems
Phil Simon wrote 6 months ago: The following case study shows what happens when an organization rips out the guts of a new system t … more →
The Burnt Hand Teaches Best: Financial Firms Turn the Corner on New Systems
Phil Simon wrote 8 months ago: New systems fail for a number of reasons. However, thanks to developments in service-oriented archit … more →
