Project Planning: More Art than Science There are many consultants and vendors alike who tout their project delivery as “agile” or always “timely”. Many mention, too, that they have nearly 100% success and 100% track records in delivering projects. One of my favorite claims is that 100% of our clients are referenceable. My daughter and…
The Behavioral Science and All of Those “A” Words We are going to start defining your requirements. Since we are now convinced through demos – even if you haven’t even seen one yet – and with expectations that everything is in scope, we just have to ensure we communicate it in this phase so that…
Contract Hedging – The Candy Store If you have a perception that you cannot leverage contracts into hedging programs, you are missing a very large opportunity. I have negotiated deals directly with the largest companies from GE to ExxonMobil, and down to mom and pop businesses. The size of the company, or that they are…
This section is separated to focus the reader on macro-level hedging vs. micro-level feedstock or product hedging. There are many approaches, and I will share how a few of these at first glance show no compelling reasons to use a hedge. But, after showing a few examples and some additional thought, that macro-level benchmarking to…
Cloud and SaaS Cloud-based solutions and software-as-a-service (SaaS) are certainly on the forefront of discussions. These solutions allow you to have your data and code off-premises, so to speak, via a web-based software service. You simply input and extract data and information rather than hosting the software on your own system. With a solution like…
