o365 edinburgh user group - changing worlds, changing technology and changing project approaches
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O365 Edinburgh User Group - Changing worlds, changing technology and changing project approaches. A session about how we need to change our approach to delivering projects now that the world of work has changed and we have cloud platforms like Office 365.TRANSCRIPT
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A NEW WAY OF WORKING
HOW OFFICE365
SUPPORTS A NEW WAY OF
WORKING
HOW WE SHOULD DELIVER TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS IN THIS
NEW WAY OF WORKING
WELCOME
what has changed
work is broken
more productive @home
collaborate @Starbucks
are we really?
www.TheAnywhereOrganisation.com
www.BusinessReimagined.org
people
workplace
technology
why is this relevant to you?
most work isn’t in factories
9 – 5 doesn’t exist anymore
orgs have changed
“Hyperlinks subvert
hierarchies”
from the “Cluetrain Manifesto”
economic pressures
cultural shifts
physical constraints
a need to innovate
“Open Innovation is fundamentally about
operating in a world of abundant knowledge…”
“…not all the smart people work for you, so you better
go find them, connect to them, and build upon what
they can do”
Henry Chesbrough, UC Berkeley
where does
fit in all this?
cloud-based
(nearly) always on!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freefoto/4635123089/sizes/o/in/photostream/
not your infrastructure
focus on your business
reduce the bottom line
reduce training needs
look outside head office
don't go to work, do work
don't go to work, do work
don't go to work, do work
don't go to work, do work
technology is just an enabler
A Note of Caution
Technology projects are People projects
4 new project focus areas
Vision
the difference it makes
why?
Measurement
Measurement fact
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts
can be counted.”
Measure… what?
Progress towards Vision
Up & to the right = #WIN ?
Beware of vanity metrics
new world tools
old skool
Innovation accounting
Thanks you for
your time
&attention.
Questions…
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