Wait a minute… why should all software projects be stopped? Isn’t software helping us do more, faster and more easily? True, but the problem here lies in the word projects. Generally speaking, projects have a temporary nature—with a beginning, a middle and an end. Investing in software, on the other hand, is an ongoing commitment. Once a company makes the latest version of software available to the user, defects in the software need to be fixed, new features added, new security threats…

Survival tomorrow means preparation today. Focusing on optimizing the cost/income ratio is not in the investor’s best interest—CEOs need to continuously invest in the end-of-life business systems. Long-term, serious investors should be challenging your business on any possible under-investment in your business IT systems.