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		<title><![CDATA[Open-Closed Source Services Convergence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=309]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently,Â Peachtree ProÂ AccountingÂ was given away for free, making this commercial software look open source, from a financial acquisition perspective.Against this backdrop, I read comments by Roberto Galoppini, where he raises the issues of services in the open source world. Roberto makes this comment:Open Source franchising is aimed at delivering to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:53:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Packaged Services in a Complex Environment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=109]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Iâ€™ve written numerous times about how packaged or productized services and can improve alignment between the interests of consultants and their clients. The New York Times reports that the packaged approach is now being tested by a hospital group in Pennsylvania. From the article:The group, Geisinger Health System, has overhauled...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 00:19:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Packaged Services in ERP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=260]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up on a post about IBM packaged services, Prashanth Rai from the CIO Weblog asked me the following question in an email:Yes, it looks like IBM is trying to do something  that could really turn into tangible benefit for services customers. This  seems to be a step...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More Productized Services from IBM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=259]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM is really pushing the packaged services. Here is information from CXOtoday.com:Information Lifecycle Management ILM Service Product: It is designed to classify data according to age and relevance to a companyâ€™s business. It applies best practices conforming to regulatory guidelines. It enables clients strategically adopt storage optimization, virtualization and archiving...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:16:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reducing Consulting Costs with Productized Content]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=251]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[High-priced, open-ended consulting deals often fuel enterprise software implementation failures. As a result, a trend has developed among consulting companies and software vendors to package services into pre-defined, discrete units, decreasing risk and lowering costs for the customer. As examples, see here (pre-configured content shipping with software), here packaged services,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:03:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Productized Services - AT Kearny]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=248]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jason Busch at the SpendMatters blog has a great post describing AT Kearnys procurement-related consulting offerings. His description of AT Kearnys services is instructive for anyone interested in packaged services:     Procurement Solutions is focused on creating repeatable, expert solutions to Spend Management versus a more traditional...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:55:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SAP Productized Services]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=247]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:15:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reducing Services Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=243]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Vinnie Mirchandani posts on IBMs strategy to productize services. Almost a year ago, Vinnie posed this challenge: IBMs SI/outsourcing groups do not think like its software group. They want to sell more bodies, not automation. If they allowed the same software team which is working on self-healing systems management to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:47:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More on Productized Consulting Services]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=242]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM recently announced a new line of standardized service offerings. ComputerWorld has an article today expressing some concerns from customers, who wonder whether they will continue receive the same level of service from IBM as in the past.From the article:But [Christopher Smith, IT director for the Bath Central School District...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:24:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Productized Consulting Services]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=238]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hourly billing arrangements are typical on IT projects. However, open-ended billing can create an incentive for consultants to work lots of hours, potentially increasing project duration and cost beyond what may strictly be required. In fact, unbounded billing arrangements are often a real contributor to the failures described in this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:26:06 -0700</pubDate>
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