Post Author: Carroll Ross
November 11, 2011
I’ve noticed a lot of blogging and knowledge exchange recently centered around the elements of a successful Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) deployment, so I thought it relevant to provide our perspective on this topic. I frequently hear about “speed to value” when discussing SaaS. The notion of “speed to value,” however, is not a new concept in IT. Any organization embarking on an enterprise software implementation or an upgrade effort strives to plan and execute their project to get the most valuable or “game-changing” capabilities in place in the shortest feasible amount of time. The end goal, of course, is to start realizing the planned benefits and the promised return on investment (ROI) as soon as possible. For as much as this concept is a rallying point at the beginning of projects, it often becomes a measure of failure by the end of them. Continue Reading
