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Fact: risk assessment is the #1 determinant of project success

Everyone knows that technology projects are laden with risks. But, until now, has anyone ever proven that the anticipation and mitigation of risk is the #1 activity that is most highly correlated with outcomes? Well, it’s true. Donald Rumsfeld is famous for describing risks as the “unknown unknowns”: “[T]here are known knowns; there are things we know we know…. read more >

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Brands that use in-house IT teams to implement technology have poor outcomes

In an era where brands are finally getting more pragmatic in their digital pursuits, organizations must be conscious that pragmatism should not lead to corner-cutting, especially when it comes to technology implementations. According to over 1,000 respondents to our VOCalis Voice of Customer survey, project failure rates are highest when brands turn to their in-house IT teams to implement their enterprise technologies rather than… read more >

Looking for an implementation partner? Don’t ask your vendor.

Of the following five “facts”, which one is ‘fake news’? Fact #1: The market for marketing and digital experience technology is hot. Fact #2: Experience technology depends as much on people and process as on its own functional capabilities. Fact #3: Nearly every marketing technology vendor on the planet talks about customer experience, and how it’s a top priority. Fact… read more >

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Success requires the right digital partner

Want your project to fail? Select the perfect technology, but the wrong digital partner. Want to ensure success? Select the right digital partner, and a less-than-perfect technology. Heck, go ahead and make a bad technology choice. If you’ve got a great partner that understands your business, is fluent in the technology and how it integrates… read more >

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5 Questions For Your Content and Commerce Implementation Partner

In their quest to improve the experiences they deliver to their customers and under pressure to move more business online, companies are increasingly looking at upgrading or replacing their existing web content management systems (WCMs) and their ecommerce systems at the same time. Due to the complexity of adding just one business-critical platform, let alone two, this… read more >

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Digital Agencies: Time to Deepen Your Ecommerce Expertise

“They aren’t creative.” That’s the common retort from digital agency executives, when asked why they don’t see management consultancies and systems integrators (SIs) as competitive threats. This is despite the fact that consultancies and SIs are acquiring or building digital experience capabilities, and are competing directly with agencies for projects that just two years ago would not… read more >

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When Evaluating A Digital Partner, Look For Integration Mastery

Congratulations! In recognition for your hard work and reputation for getting things done, you’ve been assigned as the project lead for your company’s new “digital transformation” initiative. This initiative may have a different name involving terms such as “website”, “e-commerce”, “experience”, or all three, but the underlying challenge is the same. Your current digital infrastructure isn’t cutting it anymore. Your… read more >

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Dating and love and CEM

Remember dating in high school? All the cliques; the cool kids, band geeks, jocks, punks, gamers, stoners, artsies, metal heads, etc.  If you were part of one clique or in the fringe, it was difficult if not impossible to get to know, let alone date, someone in another clique. Dating at university, while not as… read more >

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HCL Makes Moves Into Experience Design

This week, the global systems integrator (SI) HCL briefed industry analysts on the latest developments in the company’s strategy and service offerings. Based in India, HCL is one of the largest SIs in the world – it earned $7 billion in revenues in its FY 2016, and employs over 110,000 people over 31 countries. As was… read more >

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Step-by-step is the best approach to a successful technology selection

Like so many things in life, taking the time to plan “it” out – whatever “it” is – almost always leads to a more successful outcome. In the case of a technology and implementation partner selections, it is an absolute that the selected partner(s) will be a better fit if the decision is made in… read more >

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