tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post4483241388352239353..comments2024-03-19T16:26:45.863-04:00Comments on Digitization 101: Are digitization providers in financial trouble?Jill Hurst-Wahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-53522635318651203892009-07-06T16:27:02.409-04:002009-07-06T16:27:02.409-04:00Martin, good points. Depending on the services th...Martin, good points. Depending on the services the vendor is offering, a small company may be able to survive the economic downturn better. What we might not know is whether the company has the funding to do it well.<br /><br />I would not make a decision solely based on information from an ex-employee. I would keep in mind that part of that person's view is legitimate and then try to discern which part that is. <br /><br />Yes, I know that the organization could wind up with a large amount of information to handle. Likely the amount of information will not be tremendous due to the fact that most private companies do not disclose that much about themselves. <br /><br />Yes, the organization would need to be able to take the emotion out of the decision-making and often that is hard to do. I didn't talk about creating criteria upfront for how you're going to make a decision about vendor do deal with. That criteria would be very helpful.<br /><br />BTW the tips I presented are some of what a business intelligence professional would do when researching a company.Jill Hurst-Wahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-47442402225636990472009-07-06T10:36:14.267-04:002009-07-06T10:36:14.267-04:00I can see hwere you're comingf rom, but I'...I can see hwere you're comingf rom, but I'm not sure this approach is helpful: the fact that a company is small and new may mean it is more likely, not less likely, to survive th downturn. Gathering large bodies of informal information also places an obligation on you to deal with it fairly - and would you be in a position to reject a tender because an ex-employee you met raised some concerns? It is right, though, to note that any contractor-supplied content should be trated as a major risk to the project , with contingency plans should they fail to deliver for whatever reason.Martin Locockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198668398629742974noreply@blogger.com