https://pietersz.net/tags/strategy/ Recent content in Strategy on Graeme Pietersz Hugo en-gb Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:44:29 +0000 https://pietersz.net/posts/tech-business/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:44:29 +0000 https://pietersz.net/posts/tech-business/ <p>Many years ago the CEO of a large transport company<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> told me that he regarded their IT as a key competitive advantage. IT should be a vital part of reducing costs, or improving the product or service, or generating leads in almost any business. What opportunities do you have to make technology a competitive advantage?</p> https://pietersz.net/posts/code-quality-problems/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:30:35 +0000 https://pietersz.net/posts/code-quality-problems/ <p>I am very much an advocates of developing custom systems in pursuit of productivity and competitive advantage, but in this post I am discussing one of the draw backs of doing so. In fact, most businesses rely on custom code in some form or another, but do not really realise it.</p> https://pietersz.net/posts/web-success-failure/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:52:11 +0100 https://pietersz.net/posts/web-success-failure/ <p>What makes a web site (or a web app) a success or a failure? Having seen a lot of successes and failures I find there are a few common types of business website that have different risks and determinants of success:</p> https://pietersz.net/posts/technical-debt-from-a-business-perspective/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:41:40 +0100 https://pietersz.net/posts/technical-debt-from-a-business-perspective/ <p>Technical debt tends to be talked about, and worried about, more by developers than by those running a business or looking after its finance. The problem is that not taking it into account <strong>will</strong> lead to bad decisions.</p>