http://www.profitfrominformation.com Maximising Business Value from Information Systems Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:27:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From evaluation SOLUTION OR PART OF THE PROBLEM? "David Jacobs poses the key questions you should ask when considering new systems that have a sales or customer focus. A new system is often seen by the modern business as a solution to its problems. But without a careful questioning approach, the introduction of ... http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/09/evaluation/ April 2008, Profit from Information director David Jacobs...  describes how to maximise business value from customer facing systems and processes in an article for The Evaluation Centre: To read, please click Maximising Customer Facing Value takes a new approach to aligning Business Processes and Information Systems with the Customer Experience: As so many ... http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/09/news/ Getting business value from IT systems is not easy – value doesn’t just happen from deployment of software. We see many public sector IT systems disasters – many projects fail, systems are badly designed, run slowly, are difficult to use and cost a fortune. IT systems in the private sector are often ... http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/07/profit-from-information/ 'Delivering Maximum Business Value from IS Projects' University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT Joint meeting of BCS North London Branch and BCS Project Management Specialist Group Event review by Dalim Basu (Chairman, BCS North London Branch) As an IS project manager everybody tells you that you need to align business and IT, ... http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/07/profit-from-information-presentation-review/ What some of Profit from Information's clients have said... “Your approach has helped us achieve a quality almost unheard of in this environment – you have understood our business requirements perfectly”, Billing Projects Manager, International Telecommunications, London “You have helped us to gain more business value than we thought possible”, Procurement Systems ... http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/07/testimonials-for-profit-from-information/ IS/IT Problem: For years, Information Systems Technology has been perceived as being: High on project failure High on expectations High on technical focus Low on delivery Low on business value Low on business benefits IS/IT Solution: Profit from Information specifically addresses these issues. We help companies to assess and improve the degree of business value gained from information systems ... http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/07/the-problem-the-solution/ Would you like to see greater returns on your investments in IS/IT?  I help businesses to gain optimal value and benefits from the use of IS/IT using skills I have acquired over 25 years  Using The Profit Business Value Approach™, a whole new way of thinking about business value and IS/IT that ... http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/07/post-in-news-for-testing/ Welcome to the new website for Profit From Information Please send any comments or ask any questions, either by commenting on a post or article - or email Profit from Information We hope you enjoy exploring the site.  Thank you. http://www.profitfrominformation.com/index.php/2009/07/hello-world/