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I work on enterprise systems for a living and the article is "skinny"; most of my clients are keen to progress to something more, for want of a better word, dig
by flarg 10y ago
I work on enterprise systems for a living and the article is "skinny"; most of my clients are keen to progress to something more, for want of a better word, digital.
The fault is with the trusted large consultancies, who are still focussed on large deals for COTS products that have essential core models (ERP/MRPII, EDMS, CRM/Automated Selling, etc.) - they're changing but all too slowly - and often comically, into areas such as bitcoin, AI and VR - when some simple design thinking and user centred design would be enough.
On the flipside, most of the smaller digitally focussed agencies are unable to deliver the boring but essential bits of a project like programme, risk and change management where large consultancies excel.
Hell, most of the smaller agencies I interact with have not idea about practical architectural design, how to actually deploy and manage devops, how to manage risk, how to deliver in a boring but predictable way.
It's kind of a mess and unlikely to get better in the short term. This is the main reason Salesforce took off.
If there are any Django consultancies out there - you could really clean up ...