Strategic Lipstick: The Art of Achieving Both Long and Short Term Project...
We all know the rhetorical expression about pigs and lipstick. The conventional thinking seems to be that if you have a lipstick project, it’s all about the lipstick and let’s forget about the pig...
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An Immature Maturity – Integration Trumps Everything in Core Banking
“Immature Maturity”; the term popped into my head and came out of my mouth as if the concept had been sitting there, unspoken for years. A client was wondering why a project, which by all...
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The ‘Nutritional Value’ of your IT Diet?
I’m not sure how you feel, but I love cupcakes. There has been a boom of small, artisan cupcake providers that are incredibly creative and create delicious and beautiful treats. Yet somehow I don’t...
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Quantifying Complexity – Changing the language not the conversation
For a mature bank the ability to address new requirements comes down to one thing; agility! To be completely clear I am in no way referring to the Agile software development method. What I am talking...
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Reducing Complexity with Magic Quadrants in Banking
I’m always amazed at the amount of faith placed in the content of Magic Quadrants. The identification, shortlisting, and selection of solutions based on an arbitrary position in the upper right hand...
View ArticleThe Four Key Dimensions of Target State Clarity
Where do you want to go? Seems like an important question before heading off somewhere. In my personal life, I am quite stubborn about not getting in the car and driving until the destination has...
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Revolutionary vs. Evolutionary – Complexity is Killing Your Bank Transformation
I consider myself a Core Banking Transformation Expert. There is no school for it, no degree that can be obtained, and currently no regulating body to assign a designation and develop a body of...
View ArticleThe Cost of Core Banking Transformation: 5 Myths Debunked
Why is it that when people think about core banking transformation programs an image of “Dr. Evil” comes to mind? There are varied reports for the cost of core banking transformation – I have...
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Banking Transformation Critical Success Factors: An Infographic
Doing all of these five things well will not guarantee success, but they will provide a solid footing for your program and avoid major structural challenges that will certainly lead to strife if not...
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Why Expertise Matters in Core Banking Transformation
Core banking transformation programmes done well are a heart surgery on the bank, removing the dead tissue and replacing it with healthy vital organs. Done poorly, these programs are absolute...
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