A financial services client last month asked me if I had read anything about management and the relationship to "commander's intent." While I had to confess that I had not, I did some quick searching to find out what the concept was about and how it might relate to effective management practice.

In my last Advisor (see "Big or Little, Devops Needs a Complete Picture," 23 November 2011), I promised to provide examples of using systems thinking to

Welcome to the seventh-anniversary edition of my enterprise architect's New Year's resolutions. I hope it will give you food for thought and some inspiration for architectural growth in 2012.

Welcome to the seventh-anniversary edition of my enterprise architect's New Year's resolutions. I hope it will give you food for thought and some inspiration for architectural growth in 2012.

Happy New Year! As we head into 2012, I thought I'd offer some predictions as to what I see happening with predictive analytics. This analysis is based on various surveys and other research1 we've conducted over the past year or so, as well as on discussions with readers, clients, and vendors.

This week, we're taking a look back at five of the most read articles in Cutter's Business Technology Strategies practice over this past year. As you might imagine, it was no small task to cull the list and pare it down to just five.

This week, we're taking a look back at five of the most-intriguing articles published in Cutter's Agile practice over this past year. As you might imagine, it was no small task to cull the list and pare it down to just five articles.

This week, we're taking a look back at five of the most intriguing articles published in Cutter's Business & Enterprise Architecture practice over this past year.

This week, we're taking a look back at five of the most-intriguing articles published in Cutter's Data Insight & Social BI practice over this past year. As you might imagine, it was no small task to cull the list and pare it down to just five articles.

This week, we're taking a look back at five of the most-intriguing articles published in Cutter's Data Insight & Social BI practice over this past year. As you might imagine, it was no small task to cull the list and pare it down to just five articles.

As a business leader you are probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to be of questionable value. The "social enterprise" is being touted as the next big thing: the new way to do business and a "social" way to do business. But the next big thing in collaboration is crowds, not the social enterprise.

As a business leader you are probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to be of questionable value. The "social enterprise" is being touted as the next big thing: the new way to do business and a "social" way to do business. But the next big thing in collaboration is crowds, not the social enterprise.

As a business leader you are probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to be of questionable value. The "social enterprise" is being touted as the next big thing: the new way to do business and a "social" way to do business. But the next big thing in collaboration is crowds, not the social enterprise.

As a business leader you are probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to be of questionable value. The "social enterprise" is being touted as the next big thing: the new way to do business and a "social" way to do business. But the next big thing in collaboration is crowds, not the social enterprise.

In just about every due diligence engagement I carry out, the VC and I spend a lot of time on scalabity of the software architecture. The company whose software architecture we are evaluating usually has a good track record of successfully scaling up on quite a few technology and business dimensions. If we extrapolate the historical growth rate a few years into the future, the company really looks attractive. The concern, however, is that the company might run into a hard barrier for growth.

Our favorite philosopher, the mighty Aristotle, remarks in his book that people are hardwired to enjoy art; it's part of what makes them human.

In Part I of this two-part Executive Update series, we reviewed the critical urgency of IT "marketing" its value to the business end users with a vision that is crisp, clear, and compelling.1 Businesses now have competitive

In Part I of this two-part Executive Update series, we reviewed the critical urgency of IT "marketing" its value to the business end users with a vision that is crisp, clear, and compelling.1 Businesses now have competitive

In Part I of this two-part Executive Update series, we reviewed the critical urgency of IT "marketing" its value to the business end users with a vision that is crisp, clear, and compelling.1 Businesses now have competitive

As a business leader you're probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to

As a business leader you're probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to

As a business leader you're probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to

As a business leader you're probably just starting to contend with social networks in your business and often find them to

In just about every due diligence engagement I carry out, the VC and I spend a lot of time on scalabity of the software architecture. The company whose software architecture we are evaluating usually has a good track record of successfully scaling up on quite a few technology and business dimensions.

This Executive Update examines the potential value of microblogging for software development teams.