IT business cases and project schedules….a new perspective

Posted by lward on May 15, 2022 in PMChat Bloggers, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Investing in new technology has always been a risky business, but that hasn’t stopped many organizations from forging ahead with grand plans. The reason is the payoff for such systems is enticing. For years, technology investing, and therefore business case development, has shown anywhere from a 3-5 year ROI. That just happens to match the depreciation schedule of such investments but I won’t bore you with accounting details here. But the rules of the game have changed, and changed dramatically. Technology refresh cycles are becoming shorter and shorter, and are now approaching 2 years. This means that any legitimate business case supporting such investments needs to span no more than 2 years as well

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IT business cases and project schedules….a new perspective