087 Critical Factors for Strategic Business Improvement Success
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A discussion of the factors that give rise to general business improvement success drawing on my experience with business information system and ERP projects See also http://www.James-A-Robertson-and-Associates.com/
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- 1. Critical factors for strategic business improvement success
Maintenance, Engineering Services and Technology Management
Conference 2 June 2010 Dr James A Robertson PrEng
James@JamesARobertson.com
- 2. Business improvement versus bridges
- 3. Engineers do NOT design bridges to stand up
- 4. Engineers design bridges NOT to fall down
- 5. Angus Struan Robertson Vision
- 6. Experiencing failure
- 7. What is strategy?
- 8. Strategy Doing the right things Professor Malcolm
McDonald
- 9. Tactics Doing things right Professor Malcolm McDonald
- 10. Strategy Doing the right things TacticsDoingthingsright
Strategy versus tactics Professor Malcolm McDonald
- 11. Thrive Strategy Doing the right things
TacticsDoingthingsright Strategy versus tactics
- 12. Strategy Doing the right things TacticsDoingthingsright
Survive Strategy versus tactics
- 13. Strategy Doing the right things TacticsDoingthingsright Die
Strategy versus tactics
- 14. Strategy versus tactics Strategy Doing the right things
TacticsDoingthingsright Die slowly Die fast
- 15. Strategy versus tactics Thrive Strategy Doing the right
things TacticsDoingthingsright SurviveDie slowly Die fast
- 16. What is strategy? The essence of why an organization exists
and how it thrives
- 17. Infrastructure maintenance 1. Roads R75 billion 2. Water
supply, massive drought driven shortage looming 3. Electricity
supply failures again ? 4. Sewerage filled rivers 5. Electricity
reticulation quietly decaying 6. etc An industry in crisis
- 18. Maintain or ?
- 19. Accountability for maintenance Governance = Care! Board is
responsible for technology maintenance Mervyn King
- 20. Question Does maintenance or technology management failure
constitute a threat to your business today?
- 21. There is a need for a new approach
- 22. What is NOT an engineering approach?
- 23. The new Gauteng numberplate with microchip Restore the
integrity of the number plate to fulfil its true functions which
are the vehicles ID book and a law enforcement tool. = + ?
- 24. Is technology moving so fast you cannot keep up?
- 25. Question Why do technology maintenance and management
investments fail?
- 26. 30% 25%15% 12% 10% 8% 5% 1. IT Mythology -- 30% 2. Lack of
executive custody -- 25% 3. Poor strategic alignment - - 15% 4.
Lack of an engineering approach -- 12% 5. Poor data engineering --
10% 6. People issues -- 8% 7. Technology issues -- 5% Factors
causing IT failure
- 27. The value of technology is determined by the person using
the technology
- 28. Technology Methods Strategic objectives Systems Structures
and processes P e o p l e High risk High frustration Performance
improvement People and technology alignment After Dr Fritz Hlscher
Empowerment Commitment Ownership Experience Knowledge Participation
Consultation Information
- 29. Question How to fix deficient maintenance and technology
management initiatives?
- 30. Factors for ERP reimplementation success
- 31. Leadership 1. Executive custody is critical -- 50%
leadership
- 32. Strategic alignment Essence of why the business exists and
how it thrives
- 33. Call to action What is your single most important insight
from this presentation? What is the single most practical action
that you can take tomorrow to apply I.T. more effectively?
- 34. James@JamesARobertson.com Telephone: ++27-(0)83-251-6644 If
you do not act within 48 hours you probably never will act
TODAY!
- 35. Design maintenance solutions like bridges ... Not to fall
down and to last
- 36. Acknowledgements Clients, associates, staff Father and
mother, Angus and Thelma Children Alexandra and Struan Fiona and
Ingrid Psalm 136:5 "To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, for His
mercy endures forever;"
- 37. Finding the missing pieces of your I.T. and strategy
puzzles Questions? Dr James Robertson PrEng James A Robertson &
Associates Telephone: ++27-(0)86-111-5409 / ++27-11- 782-5996/7
Cell: ++27-(0)83-251-6644 (preferred) Fax: ++27-(0)86-540-0178 P O
Box 4206, Randburg, 2125, South Africa www.JamesARobertson.com
email: James@JamesARobertson.com