Creating simple IT solutions is challenging, but that doesn’t mean your product has to be difficult to use. Too often, we are confronted with seemingly simple tasks like creating a document, ordering a ticket, booking a hotel, or completing a mandatory government form online. Why do these simple tasks turn out to be a nightmare and time sink?
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Simplify IT
Nobody ever asks for a complex IT solution. We all love simple IT solutions.
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Finding duplicates in a collection: A solved problem!
We all have used Ms Excel. Or still do. Companies love Ms Excel or store information in databases.
A common challenge is: How to find duplicate row items?
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Maintaining vs Replacing Legacy Systems
Within the IT industry we all know the danger word: Legacy systems. When this buzz words falls you are doomed.
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The holy grail for solving IT problems?
Within the field of business IT problems it is hard to resit the temptation to use a tool that promise to solve all your complex IT problems.
Despite the progress and technology innovation in the last 25 years some IT related problems are still very hard to solve.
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The power of using Causal Loop Diagrams
Using Causal Loop Diagrams is a great way to research and (re)design complex systems. Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD), is a tool developed from system dynamics to develop a better understanding of complex systems. (more…)
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The day after the GDPR: End of an Era?
Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there is only 1 day left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union. So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. So will the enormous amounts of privacy breaches be over? Will all privacy and freedom fighters celebrate 25 May 2018 as the beginning of an new Era? (more…)
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The Art of managing privacy policies
Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 3 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.
So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. Due to the complexity of the GDPR document you will need to use privacy policies to control and manage privacy risks. (more…)
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Use encryption to meet the GDPR!
Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 4 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.
So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. But using encryption makes processing and handling personal information that may not be exposed simpler.
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Privacy Maturity Models
Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there are only 5 days left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union.
So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. Determining how to design and improve your systems to meet the GDPR is not straightforward. Since security and privacy should be approached as a process you should use some kind of maturity model. This to e.g. benchmark the quality and effectiveness of your privacy and security organisation. But using a good maturity model for security and privacy has also the benefit to make sure you meet important GDPR requirements. (more…)