Waltham Forest is by far the coolest borough in London; it’s located in East London and has a vibrant and diverse community, making it the ideal title-holder for the first ever London Borough of Culture. Waltham Forest is a predominantly residential borough, with one of the smallest economies in London. High population growth during the…
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Start as you mean to go on… A guide to successful supplier relationships
When I joined itica last year, I spent a fair amount of time immersing myself (as you do) in the company’s management consultancy portfolio. I was immediately drawn to itica’s work in the area of relationship governance and optimisation. I was fascinated by the case studies and stories on this subject and started to reflect…
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Whatever happened to the internet of things?
This article is based on the presentation I recently gave at the Housing Technology 2019 conference; coincidentally, it was exactly five years ago at the same event that I first began talking about the internet of things in social housing. Whenever I have met social housing and IT professionals, they have reflected that placing sensors…
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Testing – A route to stress or success?
Why is it some people find testing software so difficult and stressful? In this article, I will look at not only some areas of best practice but also the pitfalls. Testing software implementations is a big thing! It’s important to get that out of the way. Too many times companies implementing new software treat it…
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Design thinking… Methodical problem-solving for people-centric businesses
According to a recent Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report, every £1 invested in design leads to an average return on investment of £25. Design thinking When asked to describe ‘design’ as a process or an outcome, most people would focus on the visual deliverables of a traditionally ‘visual’ exercise, but design as a…
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Self-service portals & Microsoft Dynamics… What next?
Once you’ve installed Microsoft Dynamics, what next? Well, the product itself has the flexibility to be extended in many different directions, and most of our customers are usually wanting to extend Dynamics so that others can access it via implementing a portal. Portals are an attractive proposition to many customer-facing organisations, offering the ideal win-win…
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