A Suite or Several Products
The decision framed around the joins rather than the features, which is the framing that predicts how it will go.
Analysis
Buying
The decision framed around the joins rather than the features, which is the framing that predicts how it will go.
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Which Join to Build First
Implementation sequencing is mostly about the joins, and the order that works is the opposite of the one usually chosen.
Procedure
Evaluating Against the Joins
Feature comparisons in this category are unreadable. The questions that separate products are all about what crosses the boundaries.
Procedure
Moving Off an Old System
What to bring across, what to leave, and the balances that must be right on the first day.
Procedure
Where to Start
A first quarter that produces a working picture of the estate without buying anything, in an order that finds the worst problem first.
Procedure
Reading a Vendor Claim
The recurring phrases in this market, what each usually means, and the question that makes it checkable.
Reference
What the Joins Actually Cost
The line item that appears in no business case, and the way to produce it from what you already spend.
Analysis
Small Organisations
Thirty people and one person doing everything. Which of the four joins exist, and which of this collection applies.
Analysis
When to Replace Something
Distinguishing a product that cannot do the job from a join that was never built properly.
Analysis