http://www.itskeptic.org/taxonomy/term/315/0 en http://www.itskeptic.org/content/erp-it-fallacy <p><img src='http://www.itskeptic.org/files/itskeptic/imagepicker/1/factory_web_canstockphoto0447747.jpg' alt='factory' style="float: right" class='imgp_img' width='224' height='155' />There is a school of thought that takes the idea of ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning: monolithic integrated systems for running all of a business from operations through to HR to financials) and applies it to IT. The suggestion is that these concepts are fractal: if they work for the organisation as a whole then they can also work on a smaller scale for the IT department and the IT systems and services.</p> <p>Recently the idea of ERP for IT has had some attention again. We need to stamp it out. <a href="http://clicktotweet.com/855hI" target="_blank" style="color:red">Tweet this</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.itskeptic.org/content/erp-it-fallacy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.itskeptic.org/content/erp-it-fallacy#comments automation Crap Factoid ERP IT management http://www.itskeptic.org/crss/node/2147 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:17:57 +0000 skeptic 2147 at http://www.itskeptic.org