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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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Can SAP’s new C4/HANA suite lead the digital experience revolution?

After attending the SAPPHIRE conference in Orlando this week, I leave feeling slightly puzzled, but also slightly bullish on SAP’s future in digital experience (DX). Given it is SAP’s flagship conference, SAPPHIRE covers a wide range of technology topics. And, while meaningful to me, DX is hardly the primary topic on most attendees’ minds given… 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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Find Better Digital Partners Faster

We’re pleased to share some exciting news. Digital Clarity Group has launched Partner Finder, a new resource that helps organizations deliver world-class customer experience by engaging the best digital partners for their initiatives. Partner Finder addresses a problem that’s validated by our own voice-of-the-customer (VOC) research: approximately one of every four technology projects fails outright… read more >

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Assessing and Selecting Digital Partners: A Framework

  Organizations typically invest a great deal of time and effort selecting the right technology but very little selecting the right partner for implementation. In our experience, this is a huge mistake. Based on the early trends emerging from our recent research on the subject, it is one of the core reasons why so many… read more >

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Nonsensical: the latest Digital Experience Platform Wave from Forrester

When the large technology research firms produce foolhardy reports, our response is typically an eye-roll – Ho hum, there they go again. But, while mostly futile, those vendor plot graphs generate a lot of revenue, so we understand that they have to churn them out regularly to keep the business afloat, and thus, the resulting reports can’t all be… read more >

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Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn is an entree into services

I’m going to try something new. I’m not in an environment where I can write a full blogpost about Microsoft’s planned acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2B. But, rather than not commenting at all, I’m going to post a few thoughts for your consideration: Everyone will say this is about Microsoft entering the enterprise social media… read more >

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VIDEO: SDL’s plans to divest parts of its marketing suite

In this CMS Insider segment of CMS-Connected, I provide some thoughts about SDL’s announcement that they plan to divest parts of their marketing suite (Campaigns, Social, and FredHopper). I’m bullish on this move, and I say “it’s about time” that they stop playing copy-cat. The question, in my mind, is whether or not they will… read more >

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