Paul VisserProject Manager, PMP, ITIL, TMForum| Huawei TechnologiesMadrid, Spain
I'd like to ask this question to the project management community both in relation to online tools and IT implementation strategies to see whether indeed our lives are now much simpler and projects are much cheaper using on line resources... Share me your thoughts and experiences using Desktop applications on line or using Cloud for processing power. Thanks! Saving Changes...
Noemi, more complicated? I was thinking in easier...for example cloud solutions, allow us to share project documentation in an easy way.
Maybe it depends on your role, isn't? It means if you have the "power" to chose the tool in your company, will be more difficult because you'll have each day new options, new technologies...
Maria: Paul was asking about online tools, strategies and cloud solutions. Based on your role in the organization (PM, BA, EA, CTO) my answer would still be yes and no. Your responding to the benefits of these options and solutions and to that I'm in agreement as long as the approach for rolling out the change was the right fit and PM/Sponsor got buy in and engagement. It should be simple, seamless, transparent and should make end users life easier so they can focus on working on key initiatives in their organizations.
Maria: Paul was asking about online tools, strategies and cloud solutions. Based on your role in the organization (PM, BA, EA, CTO) my answer would still be yes and no. Your responding to the benefits of these options and solutions and to that I'm in agreement as long as the approach for rolling out the change was the right fit and PM/Sponsor got buy in and engagement. It should be simple, seamless, transparent and should make end users life easier so they can focus on working on key initiatives in their organizations.
Naomi, thank you for your detailed explanation. Saving Changes...
Paul VisserProject Manager, PMP, ITIL, TMForum| Huawei TechnologiesMadrid, Spain
Thanks for the discussion, ladies, I like your statement Naomi. The very same point is valid everywhere, but I see it specifically in IT projects. Taking away the complexity of managing IT structures, allows companies to focus on their real business. Agile project delivery, DefOps and Cloud is making this possible, but you're right, this is a strategic decision, you need buy-in and perhaps you find yourself actually managing aspects there were not originally in your job description ... Saving Changes...
Every I am benefited with cloud solution. It permits me keeping to connect with my work application from whatever place.
So I cannot imagine How would be the life without Cloud solution?.
Also this kind of technology permit good possibilities and opportunities for us like a PM. We have to work closely with several suppliers to reach and fullfill whole customer's scope to IT needs. Saving Changes...
Satish SharmaCertified SAP S4Hana 1909 Financials Expert| FreelanceNew Delhi, India
Prevalence of the cloud is spreading the same way as the spread of ecomm application. The comparison may not be directly relatable, but yes its akin a development.
In technology, cloud is becoming essential as to offer as a service as erstwhile model of software services SaaS.
Cloud is collaborating tool and cheaper in comparison to on premise solutions, with coming of IoT, use of cloud applications will rise tremendously.
All major software providers have now cloud solution on offers, SAP is an example to quote. More so you can find cloud solutions on sale on Amazon as well, so in coming time it will be an interesting commodity adding newer customer groups to IT usage area. Saving Changes...
Cloud platform is doing exceptionally well, mostly companies are moving all applications to Cloud. volume of data and communications requirements play major decision maker in order to select the cloud platform. mostly the organization should be advantageous but it is with constraints. Saving Changes...
Satish SharmaCertified SAP S4Hana 1909 Financials Expert| FreelanceNew Delhi, India
The solutions are still evolving and the success is to be tested in time, it might be a bit early to comment on this, but business applications such saleseforce are already doing great and capturing their won space and success. SAP also coming in a big way on cloud applications, and I see future out of it. The only point in consideration is the service model, mostly business applications software providers are bundling it as SaaS model, of which success in business yet to be confirmed. Saving Changes...
"Cloud" solutions are nothing new as shared IT infrastructures and applications have been around since the early 1960s. Today, the complexion is somewhat different in that low-cost technology en masse combined with ubiquitous interconnectivity (the Internet) has provided "economies of scale" that are hard to ignore.
I currently have a SaaS tool being readied for commercial release that is using AWS (Amazon Web Services). Using AWS allowed me to create a hardened, virtual infrastructure (including database, load balancing, etc.) that can be scaled up or down in literally seconds. And the application design and development effort itself utilizes cloud based applications for landing page hosting, UI design modeling, source code repository, etc.
As a PM I have used cloud services to help clients dig out of thorny technical issues by quickly (sometimes in hours) bringing up parallel systems that would typically take weeks (if not months) for on-premise IT organizations to accomplish. And for "short money". Saving Changes...
Like any new technology, it takes some getting used to. Overall I would say yes that Cloud solutions really benefit the end user. The flexibility, scalability, built in security etc. are making life easier for organizations both small and large. Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service, they are all being implemented more and more to save costs and time to go-live. The biggest thing for us Project Managers is to embrace it and help with the overall coordination. There are even more dependencies and moving parts so for a customer to truly get the most out of the cloud, they need a savvy PM at their side to successfully implement their cloud strategies. Saving Changes...
