http://accurev.com/blog/2009/05/06/persuading-your-cfo-to-buy-in-a-recession/ SCM and Agile Software Development Blog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://accurev.com/blog/2009/05/06/persuading-your-cfo-to-buy-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Peter Dreifus Thu, 07 May 2009 13:09:40 +0000 http://blog.accurev.com/?p=888#comment-539 Risk always enters the equation when you are talking about capital expenditures. Remember, whenever you are purchasing new software or equipment it is to enable the development or delivery of your company’s products or services or manage some aspect of your business and you can’t afford to fail. Therefore, in evaluating most potential purchases, it has to be about the efficiencies that will be created or intangible benefits like customer satisfaction – in most cases you don’t want to have the risk of failure. Risk always enters the equation when you are talking about capital expenditures. Remember, whenever you are purchasing new software or equipment it is to enable the development or delivery of your company’s products or services or manage some aspect of your business and you can’t afford to fail. Therefore, in evaluating most potential purchases, it has to be about the efficiencies that will be created or intangible benefits like customer satisfaction – in most cases you don’t want to have the risk of failure.

]]> http://accurev.com/blog/2009/05/06/persuading-your-cfo-to-buy-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Lorne Cooper Wed, 06 May 2009 20:58:01 +0000 http://blog.accurev.com/?p=888#comment-538 Good article. How does "risk" enter the equation ... does a high-ROI/high-risk option require different justification from a low-ROI/low-risk option? Good article. How does “risk” enter the equation … does a high-ROI/high-risk option require different justification from a low-ROI/low-risk option?

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