As important as success is to any organization, it's just as important to evaluate how we deal with the situations where the organizations don't succeed. That's truly crucial. But note how I framed it here. It's not about failure; it's about a lack of success. The two are not interchangeable.

Two of the more serious problems holding back increased enterprise adoption of cloud computing are security and portability -- specifically, a lack of any real standards in these areas. But all is not doom and gloom. Several organizations have taken up the mission of addressing these issues, and some of those efforts are already beginning to bear fruit.

One very effective technique I have found to improve relationships and to drive cultural acceptance of candor, honesty, and transparency is called the "undiscussables." I have seen many variations on this technique. Mine is derived from The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Peter Senge et al.1

One very effective technique I have found to improve relationships and to drive cultural acceptance of candor, honesty, and transparency is called the "undiscussables." I have seen many variations on this technique. Mine is derived from The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Peter Senge et al.1

Even with all the talk about the need for real-time data warehouse updating techniques, most organizations today primarily perform daily and weekly updates of their data warehouses. The key word here is primarily. That's because most of the end-user organizations that are using real-time data warehousing techniques are doing so on a very selective basis.

What can organizations do to make sure their investments in social networking applications pay off? First, organizations need to make sure that their social networking applications are aligned with their corporate strategy. Starbucks provides an instructive example.

What can organizations do to make sure their investments in social networking applications pay off? First, organizations need to make sure that their social networking applications are aligned with their corporate strategy. Starbucks provides an instructive example.

Cutter Consortium Fellow Ward Cunningham's quip, "A little debt speeds [software] development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite," is intuitively very clear.1 He is talking about short-term debt, which should be reduced -- and, it is hoped, eliminated in its entirety -- at the earliest possibl

Cutter Consortium Fellow Ward Cunningham's quip, "A little debt speeds [software] development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite," is intuitively very clear.1 He is talking about short-term debt, which should be reduced -- and, it is hoped, eliminated in its entirety -- at the earliest possibl

It was always inevitable. If we ever solved the business technology alignment problem, we were told so many times over the decades we'd reach optimization nirvana. Is this the end of IT? Yes. It's 2015, and everyone's a chief information officer, or more accurately, everyone's a chief BI officer.

It was always inevitable. If we ever solved the business technology alignment problem, we were told so many times over the decades we'd reach optimization nirvana. Is this the end of IT? Yes. It's 2015, and everyone's a chief information officer, or more accurately, everyone's a chief BI officer.

So how is this possible? I've engaged in client work for more than 40 years now. During this time, I've seen a lot of technology come and go. Early on, I recall clients describing "distributed systems" as putting a keypunch in the next building. I recall initial attempts to network, meaning simply getting anything to happen.

Business Process Management (BPM) provides a proven method for analysis and design of business processes that can provide agility and flexibility and improve alignment of business goals with IT systems. However, to achieve these benefits, BPM must be aligned with the overall enterprise.

The traditional way of managing projects was born out of knowledge. Soon, project managers started managing projects mindlessly, and all the issues of project management began to surface. With a view to finding a solution to those problems and advancing the ways of managing projects, agile project management was born. While the founders of agile project management had a great degree of clarity about what it means to be agile, the clarity seems to be getting lost by the time it reaches the front-line agile project manager (APM).

Despite operating in a period of economic uncertainty, the majority of end-user organizations have either increased spending on their BI and data warehousing initiatives in 2010, or their spending has remained constant.

In February and March 2010, Cutter Consortium conducted a survey that asked 99 end-user organizations about their various data warehousing, BI, and other analytic efforts.

This is the final Executive Update in a three-part series exploring how firms can leverage the growing number of intermediaries, such as InnoCentive and YourEncore, to more effectively engage in crowdsourcing as a way to improve their innovation activities.

This is the final Executive Update in a three-part series exploring how firms can leverage the growing number of intermediaries, such as InnoCentive and YourEncore, to more effectively engage in crowdsourcing as a way to improve their innovation activities.

In current economic times, global outsourcing is somewhat in decline and the geography is changing. Cost and proximity factors are creating a more diverse marketplace, as different supplier countries refine their offerings for niche markets. In the emerging mix, Brazil is in an interesting and unique position.

In current economic times, global outsourcing is somewhat in decline and the geography is changing. Cost and proximity factors are creating a more diverse marketplace, as different supplier countries refine their offerings for niche markets. In the emerging mix, Brazil is in an interesting and unique position.

Un cliente potencial del sector financiero me contactó hace unos meses para preguntarme acerca de la adopción agile. Ellos querían determinar si se deberían adoptar Scrum o TSP/PSP.

I was approached a few months back by a potential customer from the financial sector to ask me about agile adoption. The organization wanted to determine whether to go for Scrum or for Team Software Process/Personal Software Process (TSP/PSP).

I came across a recent article titled "Common ERM Challenges," which appeared in the March 2010 issue of Risk Management, the monthly publications of the R

I came across a recent article titled "Common ERM Challenges," which appeared in the March 2010 issue of Risk Management, the monthly publications of the R

I noticed on recent trip to New York that "The Miracle Worker" was back on Broadway. Unfortunately, after only a few months, it closed before I could see it. But that ad for the current run got my mind going about the most the most important thing in semantics and data modeling.