Patrick Lambe over at Green Chameleon has an interesting post about the holy trinity of people, process and technology that is a response to Dave Snowden’s suggestion that the three have become a pointless reductionist categorization.

I think Patrick’s point here is an important one — both IT and non-IT folks need a remember now and then that technology is not going to solve all their problems. While it may seem obvious that all three of these factors need to be considered in any technology rollout, it’s surprising how often only the ‘technology’ part really gets considered.

So while I agree that lumping these three things together has certainly become clichéd, there still exists a decent reason for putting them together, as Patrick has suggested in his post.

It’s also worth remembering here that unwilling people and poorly-conceived processes can break even the best technology, and that conversely, even inferior technologies sometimes take hold because of a dedicated group of a people.