Business
Build vs buy software: the expensive decision is where the two meet
Most organisations already run both custom and off the shelf software. The decision that costs money is the boundary between them: who owns the data model, what a vendor release breaks, and what it costs to change your mind.
Software Development
ERP implementation cost: what the quote leaves out
A vendor quote prices the vendor’s scope, not the project. The costs that land on your side of the line, the two lines that decide whether a number holds, and what to demand in writing.
Talent
IT staff augmentation vs dedicated teams: the failure mode of each
Both models work and they fail in opposite directions. The failure mode of each, what each one asks of your side of the table, and what switching later actually costs.
Technology
Legacy modernization without downtime: when the two systems disagree
Routing traffic is the easy half of a staged migration. The divergence rules, the point where rollback stops being possible, and the surfaces a facade never reaches.