Every Business is a software business
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This is a talk I gave at the Menta Trade Fair in Bury St Edmunds. Last Wednesday 30th September. the aim was to help people to value a project before engaging with suppliers.
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Every Business is a software business
- 1. Every Business is a Software Business
- 2. “Now Every Company Is A Software Company” Forbes, Nov, 2011 “Every Company Is A Tech Company” Forbes, May, 2014 “Every Company Now A Technology Company: Latest Round Of Mergers And Acquisitions Confirms It” Forbes, Apr, 2015 Every business will be a software business Satya Nadella, Mar 2015
- 3. What about small business?
- 4. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. William Pollard
- 5. What can I improve? What can I automate? What can I integrate?
- 6. How much should I budget?
- 7. Cost Value Salary Training Lost Revenue Mistakes Manual Process Automated Process Increased Productivity Revenue Time Ease of use Staff Turnover
- 8. How long should it take?
- 10. When is it Good Enough?
- 11. Minimum Viable Product The product with the highest return on investment versus risk.
- 12. Questions? John Nicholson Director and Co- Founder of IJYI and Experienced Developer / Architect Public and private sector clients including Legal Ombudsman, Strathclyde University, Visa, Virgin Atlantic and Willis Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer and Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master Want to know more about IJYI? Come see our stand or visit http://www.ijyi.com
Editor's Notes
- This is a stolen title but I though it isullstrated the point well This has ben resonating for a number of years now. Software and Hardware are advancing at a rate of knots, far faster than any of us would have seen even 5 years ago. 5 years ago the iPad had just launched… now look at the devices available
- Why should it matter to me?
- Cool quote… so what does that mean what does software actually do?
- We know we need to innovate… So what's your idea? What's your improvement? What do you need to automate? Can you link some hardware together if it is manufacturing or can you automate something you currently do manually? The great thing is it doesn’t have to be UNIQUE to be innovative. Sometimes what you need could simply be a link between 2 systems. And there are so many systems out there that are great for SMEs with low capital expenditure and low commitment.
- We know we need to innovate We have our idea But how to we cost / price it … should you cost it? Do you trust that you supplier is always giving you the best price possible? How can you asses if a system is worth while if you can’t assign even a notional value to it. Work out ROI!
- Ask the right Questions… How long does it take to achieve the same thing right now? How long does it take to train some one to do the same task? How much does a manual mistake cost? Is it measurable… Is it attainable
- Look for last responsible moment Good Enough
- Defining Acceptance – what you really can’t do without.
- Look for last responsible moment The Key thing you are looking to get initially is MVP