In his talk, Scott covered several reasons that his company outsources/off-shores/automates everything they possibly can. And "it's working for them, but could it work for me?" I began to question.
So as my company's () lease in pricey downtown Houston (Google Map: 1001 McKinney St. Houston, TX 77002) is coming up for renegotiation in 6 months or so, I've started thinking about this more and more seriously...Here are the issues I've been mulling:
-- What does "going virtual" really mean?
-- Can all [tech] companies virtualize easily well?
-- How does a business owner weigh the value of virtualization? (costs/benefits?)
-- What are some practical ways to virtualize? (technologies, methodologies, techniques, etc.)
For the sake of simplicity, I am going to consider 3 basic levels of virtualization:
-- Full: Zero office space
-- Basic: Small central "war room"
-- Light: Extending presence of company virtually, without reduction in office space needs
In the coming weeks I will consider each of these models as well as answer the questions I have posed.