"Not one of us stood up and said, 'Dammit, stop!'"

"Not one of us stood up and said, 'Dammit, stop!'"

Implementing an agile product development process has many challenges. One that is not regularly addressed is who will lead each of the Scrum teams. Many organizations default to the seemingly obvious answer of the Scrum Master. Often ill-defined (even with "certification"), this role is essentially the agile version of the project manager. But agile teams are supposed to be self-organizing, leaving project managers (who don't contribute in other ways) largely useless.

In Reframing Frameworks: Part I -- Making EA Frameworks Your Ally, I identified eight key factors common to all predefined frameworks.

For the past year and a half, much of the hype surrounding Big Data focused on the technological aspects of Hadoop.

For the past year and a half, much of the hype surrounding Big Data focused on the technological aspects of Hadoop.

For the past year and a half, much of the hype surrounding Big Data focused on the technological aspects of Hadoop.

Early in 2012 my 12-year-old son ran down to my office after getting home from school and said, "Hey, Mommy, did you know that Walmart can tell when you're pregnant? And so can Target! Even before anyone else knows! They got a girl in trouble when they sent her dad coupons for baby stuff and congratulated her!"

Early in 2012 my 12-year-old son ran down to my office after getting home from school and said, "Hey, Mommy, did you know that Walmart can tell when you're pregnant? And so can Target! Even before anyone else knows! They got a girl in trouble when they sent her dad coupons for baby stuff and congratulated her!"

Early in 2012 my 12-year-old son ran down to my office after getting home from school and said, "Hey, Mommy, did you know that Walmart can tell when you're pregnant? And so can Target! Even before anyone else knows! They got a girl in trouble when they sent her dad coupons for baby stuff and congratulated her!"

Early in 2012 my 12-year-old son ran down to my office after getting home from school and said, "Hey, Mommy, did you know that Walmart can tell when you're pregnant? And so can Target! Even before anyone else knows! They got a girl in trouble when they sent her dad coupons for baby stuff and congratulated her!"

Early in 2012 my 12-year-old son ran down to my office after getting home from school and said, "Hey, Mommy, did you know that Walmart can tell when you're pregnant? And so can Target! Even before anyone else knows! They got a girl in trouble when they sent her dad coupons for baby stuff and congratulated her!"

Early in 2012 my 12-year-old son ran down to my office after getting home from school and said, "Hey, Mommy, did you know that Walmart can tell when you're pregnant? And so can Target! Even before anyone else knows! They got a girl in trouble when they sent her dad coupons for baby stuff and congratulated her!"

When writing about IT from the perspective of one's personal experience in consulting and managing, I have found it helpful to refer to references and frameworks. This allows me to compare my thoughts with others', and to frame those thoughts within some common reference points.

In the API Economy, an API is an application programming interface that is exposed (publicly or privately) on the Internet. It is the means by which one piece of Internet-based software can access the data and/or computational services of another, using standard Internet-based communications technologies. Until recently, the primary firms producing APIs were the vendors of operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, and IBM Linux/390.

In my last Advisor, I talked about some defining characteristics of architecture and looked at the criteria that IEEE 42010 specifies ("Is It Architecture? Part I").

This Update explores the enterprise's need to go beyond the firewall to enhance customer satisfaction, increase revenue, and maintain a competitive edge.

This Update explores the enterprise's need to go beyond the firewall to enhance customer satisfaction, increase revenue, and maintain a competitive edge.

Business craftsmanship is concerned with organizational transformation and enlightenment. It can loosely be thought of as a framework -- and certainly utilizes one -- but "framework" is not quite the right term to describe this approach as the term implies stability, and usually a clearly defined set of rules. Scrum is a good example of an organizational framework. It has well-defined components, namely roles, meetings, artifacts, and values.

Corporate culture is an important part of the analytics effort. In a previous Advisor ("Staffing for the Big Data Future") we looked at team-building issues and the need to incorporate an emerging breed of data scientist.

This year, 2013, may finally be the long-predicted "year of collaboration." In Part I of this two-part Executive Update series,1 I discussed five predictions related to increasing collaboration: collaborative tools for HR, 3D printing changing

This year, 2013, may finally be the long-predicted "year of collaboration." In Part I of this two-part Executive Update series,1 I discussed five predictions related to increasing collaboration: collaborative tools for HR, 3D printing changing

Here in Part II, we introduce a business-IT architecture transformation framework. The framework provides a comprehensive approach to addressing business-IT misalignment.

Here in Part II, we introduce a business-IT architecture transformation framework. The framework provides a comprehensive approach to addressing business-IT misalignment.

The "consumerization of IT" is a catchy term for a sneaky trend that has been going on for at least 10 years, in which consumer devices and applications are increasingly incorporated into the workplace.