EDITOR’S NOTE: In response to my post yesterday regarding Databricks and ZIP, Greg Tennyson’s response summed up perfectly the underlying message of that post when he simply wrote: “Ryan Meonske well done.” In today’s post, I will tell you why Greg’s words were on the mark.
“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets credit.” – Harry S. Truman
Exactly right, Greg Tennyson!
Ryan Meonske‘s video reminded me of the following excerpt from the 2007 Yes, Virginia article – https://bit.ly/3SUWxml
“Virginia’s recognition that government goes beyond a mere org chart and is actually comprised of Higher Education, K-12, Corrections, Public Safety, Transportation, Health, Social Services, and Construction, meant that they really understood the “special needs, special rules, and special challenges” associated with each entity’s procurement practice both individually and collectively.
As a result, they avoided the trap of eVA becoming a software project, as Bob put it, and were thereby able to shift the emphasis from an exercise in cost justification to one of process understanding and refinement. And while the SAP Ariba application has done the job it was required to do, eVA’s effectiveness has little to do with the technology and more to do with the methodology the Virginia Brain Trust employed. When technology (nee software) is seen as the primary vehicle to drive results, it becomes ineffectual and mostly irrelevant. The 75 to 85% e-procurement initiative failure rate verifies this fact.”
Databricks‘ success is because of their CPO taking the same approach as the eVA team.
Successful Providers Select Successful Practitioners
Like the Barilla Group and o9 Solutions, Inc. collaboration (see below), in which I also asked “the why” question, Databricks chose an excellent solution provider partner but also took ownership of their own success.
I can’t emphasize enough why more CPOs and companies, in general, have to do the same because today’s technology is solid across the board! As someone who has been in high-tech and procurement for more than 40 years, I know that there has never been nor will there ever be technology that will overcome the absence of people and processes, e.g., an agent-based approach to automation and digital transformation.
And like o9 Solutions, Zip has a successful client because they chose to work with a successful client!
Once again, congratulations to the entire Databricks team for taking the lead in their success, and ZIP for supporting that vision – Ryan MeonskeAri KaplanAli GhodsiC.G. BalajiNaveen ZutshiDave ConteNick HeinzmannRujul ZapardeLuke BreedColin Glazier
Ref. Link – https://bit.ly/4axhWL3
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Ryan Meonske, well done. Greg Tennyson nails it!
Posted on April 4, 2024
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EDITOR’S NOTE: In response to my post yesterday regarding Databricks and ZIP, Greg Tennyson’s response summed up perfectly the underlying message of that post when he simply wrote: “Ryan Meonske well done.” In today’s post, I will tell you why Greg’s words were on the mark.
“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets credit.” – Harry S. Truman
Exactly right, Greg Tennyson!
Ryan Meonske‘s video reminded me of the following excerpt from the 2007 Yes, Virginia article – https://bit.ly/3SUWxml
“Virginia’s recognition that government goes beyond a mere org chart and is actually comprised of Higher Education, K-12, Corrections, Public Safety, Transportation, Health, Social Services, and Construction, meant that they really understood the “special needs, special rules, and special challenges” associated with each entity’s procurement practice both individually and collectively.
As a result, they avoided the trap of eVA becoming a software project, as Bob put it, and were thereby able to shift the emphasis from an exercise in cost justification to one of process understanding and refinement. And while the SAP Ariba application has done the job it was required to do, eVA’s effectiveness has little to do with the technology and more to do with the methodology the Virginia Brain Trust employed. When technology (nee software) is seen as the primary vehicle to drive results, it becomes ineffectual and mostly irrelevant. The 75 to 85% e-procurement initiative failure rate verifies this fact.”
Databricks‘ success is because of their CPO taking the same approach as the eVA team.
Successful Providers Select Successful Practitioners
Like the Barilla Group and o9 Solutions, Inc. collaboration (see below), in which I also asked “the why” question, Databricks chose an excellent solution provider partner but also took ownership of their own success.
I can’t emphasize enough why more CPOs and companies, in general, have to do the same because today’s technology is solid across the board! As someone who has been in high-tech and procurement for more than 40 years, I know that there has never been nor will there ever be technology that will overcome the absence of people and processes, e.g., an agent-based approach to automation and digital transformation.
And like o9 Solutions, Zip has a successful client because they chose to work with a successful client!
Once again, congratulations to the entire Databricks team for taking the lead in their success, and ZIP for supporting that vision – Ryan MeonskeAri KaplanAli GhodsiC.G. BalajiNaveen ZutshiDave ConteNick HeinzmannRujul ZapardeLuke BreedColin Glazier
Ref. Link – https://bit.ly/4axhWL3
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