01.17.2024

Technology has since 2007, sped up to such a rate that some projects can be behind before they are completed. Given the reality of FY and budgeting, the approval cycle can last longer than it takes to start buying and deploying a solution. Then if we guess wrong on the technology, it cannot be easily undone. This has been happening often the last 5+ years. IT makes a choice and maybe the vendors sales team stretched the promise a little, then you realize the mistake. But, likely we have a 3 year deal (to make the budget work), and CIO/CISO are on the hook, so you live with it. In the meanwhile, the right solution keeps evolving. By the time we get to where the wrong choice can be replaced, everything has changed. The first thought to getting around this is to view the tech we use as part of the business processes. And the leadership team needs to buy into that. At the very least we all have to give the speed of technological a good deal of respect. We cannot think it is a basic tool, like a printer. It is not often that companies factor how fast tech changes. Perhaps we need to do that.