Future state with a software project

When a business owner decides to take on a software project, they want to create an improvement in their business. With a owner managed business, this is more important that with a public business, because the money is coming out of the owner's pocket.

If this is so important, then why do many business owners get frustrated with the results achieved.

Many projects taken on to improve a business start off with a dream of improved results, but they are often just a dream. You look at what others have achieved, and HOPE to do the same. You don't know how they did it, but they used this software and got results.

The reasons are very simple, but not necessary very easy. As Albert Einstein said: "Life is simple, but not easy". The same is true of software projects. In order to get the results that you need, you need to understand HOW you will get those results. Your business is working a certain way today. How will the software change the way you get results? How will that benefit yoyr business? How will you know that you are succeeding?

If you can't answer these questions, you will be disappointed.

You understand your business. You don't need to understand the software. But you do need to understand how the software will help you. And you do have to play a major role in the decisions that are made during implementation of the software, because these can be critical.

Dream about what you want the future to be like. That's great. Then take a detailed look at what you have to do to make it that way.



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