Cognitive Systems & IPA: Technology & Trends
Curt Hall
According to findings from Cutter Consortium’s recent survey on intelligent process automation (IPA) in the enterprise, a fairly high amount of interest exists among end-user organizations for using cognitive systems in their IPA efforts, with approximately one-third indicating they would like to do so. In this Advisor, we take a closer look at cognitive computing systems and how their use can support organizations' process automation efforts.
IPA in the Enterprise, Part VII: How Organizations View Efforts to Date
Curt Hall
In Part VII of this Executive Update series on IPA in the enterprise, we examine survey findings pertaining to how organizations view the success of their IPA efforts so far and whether they believe the technology will eventually live up to expectations.
Design for Technology Accessibility on the Front End — Always
Meena Das
Tech accessibility is best served when there is inclusive design for people with disabilities (PWD) that starts from the design/user research phase and carries through the software development stage to the marketing cycle. When accessibility has not been embedded in the DevOps process, it shows.
Design for Technology Accessibility on the Front End — Always
Meena Das
Tech accessibility is best served when there is inclusive design for people with disabilities (PWD) that starts from the design/user research phase and carries through the software development stage to the marketing cycle. When accessibility has not been embedded in the DevOps process, it shows.
Designing Software Structures in Hyperliminal Spaces
Barry M O'Reilly
Software systems are different. We know this because we make a mess of them all the time. If airplanes and flights had the same failure rates as software, there would be no aviation industry. Why they are different isn’t a question many have taken the time to ask. The answer to this lies first in understanding uncertainty.
Gain Advantage with Strategy-Aligned Portfolio Management
Brian Seitz
Portfolio management is a valuable capability for the execution of corporate strategy. However, results often fail to meet expectations. But overcoming overoptimistic expectations and poor execution is less challenging with a realistic roadmap and framework. To be truly effective, portfolio management should be an extension and execution of corporate strategy, as is explored in this Advisor.
Gain Advantage with Strategy-Aligned Portfolio Management
Brian Seitz
Portfolio management is a valuable capability for the execution of corporate strategy. However, results often fail to meet expectations. But overcoming overoptimistic expectations and poor execution is less challenging with a realistic roadmap and framework. To be truly effective, portfolio management should be an extension and execution of corporate strategy, as is explored in this Advisor.
Defining Business Architecture Information Maps
William Ulrich
Some people might argue that their data architecture team has defined their data. This may be true, but even in the best of cases, existing data definitions rarely reflect the breadth, clarity, and rationalized business perspectives required to fully represent information as it is viewed by the business as a whole. But there is a discipline that if applied properly can help.
When Good Data Goes Bad, Part III
Barry Devlin
The potential of information — for good or for ill — far exceeds that of mere data. This Advisor explores how we need to change our focus from data to information in order to see more clearly why and how our IT industry often colludes in the demise of truth and supports the spread of disinformation.
Hyperliminal Coupling: Why Software Projects Fail Repeatedly
Barry M O'Reilly
This Executive Update redefines the notion of nonfunctional requirements in terms of a complexity science–based approach to software engineering. We introduce two new terms — hyperliminality and hyperliminal coupling — which provide a new way to describe nonfunctional requirements.
Hyperliminal Coupling: Why Software Projects Fail Repeatedly
Barry M O'Reilly
This Executive Update redefines the notion of nonfunctional requirements in terms of a complexity science–based approach to software engineering. We introduce two new terms — hyperliminality and hyperliminal coupling — which provide a new way to describe nonfunctional requirements.
Tales from the Technology Crypt
Lou Mazzucchelli
A 10-month timeline, the biggest budget the company ever committed to a "programming project," and a guy who is in way over his head. Sounds like the perfect IT horror story (spoiler alert: our hero and his project survive!)
Tales from the Technology Crypt
Lou Mazzucchelli
A 10-month timeline, the biggest budget the company ever committed to a "programming project," and a guy who is in way over his head. Sounds like the perfect IT horror story (spoiler alert: our hero and his project survive!)
Low-Code/No-Code-Enabled Citizen Developers: A Q&A
Greg Smith, Michael Papadopoulos
A recent webinar explored how "citizen developers" can use "low-code/no-code" (LC/NC) solutions with relatively low learning curves to help their organizations expand their digital capabilities and grow the business. This Advisor shares some of the answers to questions participants asked about LC/NC solutions.
Low-Code/No-Code-Enabled Citizen Developers: A Q&A
Greg Smith, Michael Papadopoulos
A recent webinar explored how "citizen developers" can use "low-code/no-code" (LC/NC) solutions with relatively low learning curves to help their organizations expand their digital capabilities and grow the business. This Advisor shares some of the answers to questions participants asked about LC/NC solutions.
Analytics Value Now! — An Introduction
Dave Cherry
When deriving value from an analytics initiative, it is important to consider context, analytics maturity, the risk/value proposition, and the culture of your organization. This issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal, with Guest Editor Dave Cherry, provides strategies and insight to amplify analytics value.
Architect for “Real-Ability”
Marc Gewertz
In much the same way ”design-for-producibility” is key to successful hardware production, “architect-for-real-ability” is key to capability realization. Everyone involved from the beginning in the specification, development, and operation of a capability needs to perform as, an organized, integrated team.
Computer Vision and Imaging in the Insurance Sector
Curt Hall
Computer vision and imaging technology is having a considerable impact in the insurance industry. A number of developments are driving this trend. From a product/market perspective, the growing availability of cloud platforms and services — including commercial computer vision and imaging applications tailored for specific insurance use cases — has made the technology more practical for insurers to implement. This Advisor explores the opportunities, benefits and applications of AI and computer vision in the insurance sector.
The Power and Peril of AI, Challenges to Low-Code Adoption, more!
Cutter Consortium
The edition of The Cutter Edge explores the power and peril of AI technology, challenges to low-code technology adoption as well as solutions, and more!
The Power and Peril of AI, Challenges to Low-Code Adoption, more!
Cutter Consortium
The edition of The Cutter Edge explores the power and peril of AI technology, challenges to low-code technology adoption as well as solutions, and more!
Managing Technical Debt for Application Modernization
Dan Sturtevant
Most legacy software assets house hidden blockers that put modernization efforts at risk. How can you get past these roadblocks? Start by managing technical debt for a giant leap forward in modernizing your applications. In this webinar, you'll discover strategies for modernizing your legacy software assets.
The Keys to Achieving Trust in AI
Claude Baudoin, Clayton Pummill
If the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence (AI) is to efficiently replicate and exceed human thought for the good of humanity, then building trust requires that AI incorporate the multitude of sound human decision capabilities. Just reading this statement makes it clear that the journey toward AI ethics is no easy road.
The Keys to Achieving Trust in AI
Claude Baudoin, Clayton Pummill
If the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence (AI) is to efficiently replicate and exceed human thought for the good of humanity, then building trust requires that AI incorporate the multitude of sound human decision capabilities. Just reading this statement makes it clear that the journey toward AI ethics is no easy road.
Ingredients for Enterprise Agility, Part V: Coaching Transformational Change
Jon Ward
The role of an Agile coach is not to do the organizational change, but to facilitate it. More explicitly, the coach’s role is to enable the organization to change itself. This Advisor explores the role of the Agile Coach in supporting and enabling enterprise agility.
3 Essential Technologies in Enterprise IPA Initiatives
Curt Hall
In this Advisor, we explore three critical technologies that organizations are interested in using to support their enterprise IPA initiatives: natural language processing (NLP), intelligent virtual assistants/smartbots, and intelligent optical character recognition (iOCR). This data is based on a survey recently conducted by Cutter Consortium of how organizations are adopting or planning to adopt IPA.
