The 1980s and 1990s were decades of pivotal change in corporate management thinking and practice. The US rose to superpower status in the two decades immediately after World War II. US manufacturing prowess was built through mass production of standard goods.

The 1980s and 1990s were decades of pivotal change in corporate management thinking and practice. The US rose to superpower status in the two decades immediately after World War II. US manufacturing prowess was built through mass production of standard goods.

Companies today are in the midst of three business revolutions that are simultaneously converging and driving major environmental and organizational changes in most industries: globalization, new and emerging technologies, and the Internet.

Companies today are in the midst of three business revolutions that are simultaneously converging and driving major environmental and organizational changes in most industries: globalization, new and emerging technologies, and the Internet.

Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a corporate strategy that is gaining in popularity.

Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a corporate strategy that is gaining in popularity.

When the United Nations launched a new effort under its Global Compact, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan told participants at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF):

When the United Nations launched a new effort under its Global Compact, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan told participants at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF):

Architecture

Architecture

One of the wise decisions the Object Management Group (OMG) made when it standardized on UML in the late 1990s was to focus only on notation and to ignore specific methodological issues. That kept UML independent of any specific methodology, and it provided time for methodologies to evolve.