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  1. SAP says its network handles over $8 trillion of trade a year. Its AI agent post names no customer.

    ERP programmes · Thu 5 Nov, 16:49 · via SAP News Center

    Ask: Ask which AI tools already touch your ERP or finance data, including the ones nobody approved.

  2. Revolut says self-hosted AI models cut its AI coding costs by roughly 90%. It dropped Anthropic's Claude Code as its default.

    AI at work · Thu 5 Nov, 16:10 · via The Register

    Ask: Ask which design decisions in your programme would be expensive to reverse, and when each was last reviewed.

  3. Canva told 1,271 staff, 22%, they face layoffs, new roles or moves. Its growth slowed for the first time in a decade.

    Software business · Wed 4 Nov, 15:09 · via The Register

    Ask: Ask your integrator to name the people on your programme and to confirm which of them are staying.

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    The question bank

    7 topics, 21 questions. They are about your own programme, never findings about a company in the news. Each topic lists the stories that raise it.

    Cost and overruns

    1. Ask for the approved budget and the current forecast on the same scope, side by side.
    2. Ask which costs sit outside the programme budget today: internal staff, data migration, parallel running.
    3. Ask who may approve the next increase, and at what amount the programme goes back to the board.

    2 more questions in the founding reader view.

    Raised by 5 stories, latest: Erasmus University's move from SAP to Oracle is 70% over budget, at €20.2m. A one-year delay cost €4.5m of that.

    Course changes and go-lives

    1. Ask which design decisions in your programme would be expensive to reverse, and when each was last reviewed.
    2. Ask which expected benefits change if the implementation approach changes.
    3. Ask who owns a decision to change course, and where it would be recorded.

    2 more questions in the founding reader view.

    Raised by 19 stories, latest: Revolut says self-hosted AI models cut its AI coding costs by roughly 90%. It dropped Anthropic's Claude Code as its default.

    Prices and licences

    1. Ask when each major software contract renews and what notice period applies.
    2. Ask which price protections are written into the contract and which rest on a sales conversation.
    3. Ask what a price rise on that line would do to the run budget, and who would notice it first.

    2 more questions in the founding reader view.

    Raised by 9 stories, latest: Microsoft's new reseller Copilot seats can add usage charges to the $21 monthly fee. The default cap is 4,000 credits per user.

    Staffing

    1. Ask your integrator to name the people on your programme and to confirm which of them are staying.
    2. Ask what the contract says about replacing key people, and who approves a replacement.
    3. Ask where knowledge of your configuration is written down, outside the heads of the people who built it.

    2 more questions in the founding reader view.

    Raised by 7 stories, latest: Canva told 1,271 staff, 22%, they face layoffs, new roles or moves. Its growth slowed for the first time in a decade.

    AI rollouts

    1. Ask which AI tools already touch your ERP or finance data, including the ones nobody approved.
    2. Ask what each tool is allowed to change, and who reviews what it changed.
    3. Ask how the result is measured, and who decides to switch a tool off.

    2 more questions in the founding reader view.

    Raised by 80 stories, latest: SAP says its network handles over $8 trillion of trade a year. Its AI agent post names no customer.

    Security and outages

    1. Ask when systems of this kind in your landscape were last patched, and who confirms it.
    2. Ask which finance and ERP accounts can be reached from outside, and how each sign-in is protected.
    3. Ask how long a restore took the last time it was tested.

    2 more questions in the founding reader view.

    Raised by 17 stories, latest: SAP introduced a tool flagging AI agents that may be high-risk in the EU. EU fines for breaches reach 3% of turnover.

    Contracts and disputes

    1. Ask which exit clauses your largest software and services contracts carry, and when each can be used.
    2. Ask what leaving would cost, in money and in months.
    3. Ask who reads the contract when a dispute starts, and whether they have read it before.

    2 more questions in the founding reader view.

    Raised by 29 stories, latest: Microsoft and Google are not in the school platform six German states agreed to buy. Nextcloud supplies the software.

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