Our friend
Steve
Freeman brought
David Anderson along to see us at a client a
few weeks ago. It was great to have the likes of Steve and David
come see what we're getting up to, listen to some of the ideas
we're pursuing and give us some feedback. David has said some
very kind words about his visit
on his blog.
We're a few weeks away from introducing the financial
instrumentation we've been developing based on
throughput accounting but we've
been using it in one
product stream and the results
have been good. "Follow the money" is the mantra. I'll blog more
about this when the fun starts but, sooner rather than later, I
hope to share some of the theory with you and go through an example
as well as divulge a bit more about the Product Hub. In the
meantime, I will say the strategy for the hub is to grow a win-win
relationship between The Business and Tech. The idea is to convert
Tech into a profit centre from a cost code and enable it to help
The Business generate more revenue by creating product streams that
deliver when The Business needs it. In return The Business rewards
more work to Tech rather than outsource or offshore it.
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
A recent visit
Posted by Simon Baker - Permalink
1 Comment
"The Business rewards more work to Tech rather than outsource or offshore it."
Who just wants more work? Give me a share of the profits instead- as long as I am still profitable. I realize step one is to ensure survival, but really I want more of a reward than not being fired if I am a profit centre. If you don't ask for that, the business will still think of you as a cost centre.