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Why the Manifest Vision Solutions Blog?
My name is Ellen Terwilliger. Over the last 20+ years I have been responsible for global business applications for a number of Fortune 500 companies. I love apps! But more, I love the value that...
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Merger Styles and Business Integration Approaches
At one point in my career, I had more-or-less the same position for ten years; but during that time I was employed by five different companies. And over those ten years, those five companies acquired...
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Software: Limited only by Imagination
I have been challenged with a lot of different and complex puzzles over the course of my career. But I must say that I have often found software to be the most challenging of them all. This is because...
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Why Transform: A picture is worth a thousand words
Here’s an example. What does this represent to you? • Why transform? • Who will benefit? For me this is an example of a manifest vision. The goal is to create a picture in your mind of why to transform...
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Get to the cloud (and save money)!
How many C-level executives have heard or uttered this phrase in the last week; for that matter in the last 24 hours? And how many of them really know what they are asking for? The National Institute...
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Assumptions – Power for Programs
The most powerful tool I use in leading transformational change programs is assumption management. Over the years, I have contracted with hundreds of project managers and most of the leading system...
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What is a vanilla implementation?
It’s doesn’t matter what type of software you’re implementing or for what purpose, Einstein’s quote is the guide to success; finding the balance point of simple is the key to a vanilla implementation....
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Anything is possible with time, money and expertise
This phase was a common answer from me when asked if our IT applications organization could do something for the business. When I first used the phrase back in 2002, it went “Anything is possible with...
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When RASCI #2321 is not enough
You know you have a program that is set up to fail when: There are two thousand three hundred twenty one RASCIs and still no one knows what they are supposed to do and what they are not supposed to...
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Is your System Integration cart before your Transformation horse?
I was having discussions with some colleagues who are participating in transformation programs at their respective companies. Each program is segmented in two; one part focused on business...
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