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April 28, 2005

Put a little Albert Einstein in the sauce.

Sometimes we are asked to build complex systems and as a "techie" I want to use the computer for everything. However, there are times when it makes more sense to have a human make a decision instead of trying to compute one. Albert Einstein said "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." Building a system that can do all your work for you probably isn't feasible anyway, so think about how you can make the computer do the heavy lifting. Instead of making a thousand copies and pushing paper everywhere, try and envision a system where the documents are automatically delivered to the right people at the right time. Don't expect that a computer can read your chicken scratch notes in the margin. Do expect that the people you are collaborating with will get information they need. When the business processes change you need to have a system that is flexible. In the lifecycle of a business the way you do things this year are different than how you did them last year, and next year will probably bring new regulations. Companies grow and reorganize all the time so make sure you have control of the system and can modify the workflow. Optix has a great graphical editor for building process workflows. Drag-n-Drop, Click, Move, Add and Bam!!! The business process is up to date for the next new thing.

Posted by DocuVantage on April 28, 2005 09:16 AM

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