25
© 2008 Quest Software, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Get Your Boss to Say Yes To hear the audio for this presentation, please dial the phone conference number included in the meeting invitation. Audio will not come through your speakers.

Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

Want to get software tools? Want to convince your manager to open up the wallet? In this presentation, we show how.

Citation preview

Page 1: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

© 2008 Quest Software, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Get Your Boss to Say Yes

To hear the audio for this presentation, please dial the phone conference number included in the meeting invitation. Audio will not come through your speakers.

Page 2: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Today’s Agenda• When Geeks

Want Stuff• What Managers

Need• Where You Can

Get Help

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/rankenjordan/3403645155/

Page 3: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

When Geeks Want Something

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/82046831@N00/1241992193/

Page 4: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

How Managers React

“So?”

Page 5: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

How Geeks React

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcoveringa/3243701953/

Page 6: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

What Managers Want to See

Page 7: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Document All the Options

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/434612170/

Page 8: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Sample Executive Summary

Page 9: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Sample Presentation

Page 10: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Explain the Current Situation

Page 11: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Use Graphics for Illustration

Page 12: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Put Costs in Perspective

Page 13: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Explain What You Want

Page 14: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Explain Your Selection Criteria

Page 15: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Sample Vendor Comparison

Page 16: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

What Managers Want To Do

Page 17: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Getting Help From Vendors

Page 18: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Reading the Case Studies

Page 19: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Justifying Backup Compression• Data’s still growing,

but budgets aren’t• Keep backups online

longer• Shorter maintenance

windows

Page 20: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Justifying Performance Tools• Spend less time

troubleshooting code

• Developer time isn’t free

• Get faster apps without buying faster hardware

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/2468506922/

Page 21: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Justifying Monitoring Tools• Manage more

servers with less people

• Help junior DBAs do senior-level tasks

• Stop throwing money at hardware

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sterlingely/1418364

Page 22: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Justifying Change Management• Patrol environments

for change• Improve security

auditing for less $• Roll back changes

with less downtime

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/358487253/

Page 23: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Justifying Capacity Management• Shorter maintenance

windows• Faster storage

performance without buying faster storage

• Buy storage when it’s cheap, not when you’re desperate

Page 24: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Lessons Learned Today• Do your homework• Do your BOSS’s

homework• Document everything• Prove your decision• Make it easy to forward• Get help from vendors

Photo licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/rankenjordan/3403645155/

Page 25: Get Your Boss To Say Yes

Resources On The Web• SQL Server community:

SQLServerPedia.com

• Quest Software SQL Server Products:www.quest.com/sql-server/

• Brent’s blog:www.BrentOzar.com