Insights
Understand software projects before they get expensive.
From our advisory practice: compact articles on software selection, project costs, implementation and AI — written for decision-makers, not technicians.
Software selection & vendors
- 6 min readHow to Select Hotel Software: A Process That Prevents Expensive MistakesHow to run a structured hotel software selection — from defining requirements to a decision you can defend.
- 5 min readComparing Hotel Software Vendors: Five Traps Almost Every Business Falls IntoWhy hotel software quotes are rarely comparable — and how to reach a defensible decision anyway.
- 5 min readHow to Build a Software Requirements Catalog That Makes Quotes ComparableHow to build a software requirements catalog that makes vendor quotes comparable and later serves as the contractual baseline.
Project costs & risks
- 6 min readWhat a Software Project Really Costs: Beyond the Licence PriceThe licence price is not the project cost: which cost blocks arise in software projects and why quotes rarely show them in full.
- 5 min readWhy Software Projects Blow the Budget — and How to Prevent ItThe five most common causes of budget overruns in software projects and the countermeasures that actually work.
- 5 min readFixed Price or Time and Material: What Really Pays Off for Your ProjectFixed price, time and material or hybrid: which pricing model fits which project phase and what to watch for in the contract.
Implementation & go-live
- 6 min readSoftware Implementation: The Seven Typical Mistakes — and How to Avoid ThemSoftware implementation without nasty surprises: the mistakes that regularly endanger rollouts, and the practical countermeasures — from kickoff to go-live.
- 5 min readPreparing for Go-Live: The Checklist for the Decisive DayWhat must be checked, tested and prepared in the final weeks before go-live — so the launch succeeds instead of failing.
- 5 min readData Migration Planning: The Underestimated Risk in Every System SwitchHow to plan data migration properly: why legacy data transfer endangers almost every software project — and what a solid migration plan looks like.
AI & digitalization
- 6 min readAI in Hotels: What Works Today — and What Remains a PromiseA realistic look at AI in hotels and restaurants: proven applications, inflated expectations and sensible entry points.
- 5 min readHotel Digitalization: Why the Right Sequence Decides SuccessHotel digitalization with clear priorities: how to find the right sequence — and why the foundation comes before AI.
- 5 min readUntangling Your System Landscape: From Patchwork to a Viable ArchitectureOrganically grown system landscapes slow every business down. How to regain oversight and consolidate sensibly.