There's a debate raging in the software field, and the subject is Web development. The issue is, should Web projects be developed using the techniques of software engineering?

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Litigation is becoming a more common lifecycle phase. It will continue to grow and become a major financial sinkhole until the IT industry reexamines its posture on contracts involving package purchase, contract development, subcontracting, and outsourcing.

IT Industry

Litigation is becoming a more common lifecycle phase. It will continue to grow and become a major financial sinkhole until the IT industry reexamines its posture on contracts involving package purchase, contract development, subcontracting, and outsourcing.

IT Industry

Litigation is becoming a more common lifecycle phase. It will continue to grow and become a major financial sinkhole until the IT industry reexamines its posture on contracts involving package purchase, contract development, subcontracting, and outsourcing.

People -- especially skilled, knowledgeable people -- are in great demand today. Organizations are recognizing that fact and trying to react. As a result, concepts like human capital are increasingly popular. Recently, the Cutter Business Technology Council issued an Opinion authored by Tom DeMarco and Peter O'Farrell ( Vol. 2, No.

People -- especially skilled, knowledgeable people -- are in great demand today. Organizations are recognizing that fact and trying to react. As a result, concepts like human capital are increasingly popular. Recently, the Cutter Business Technology Council issued an Opinion authored by Tom DeMarco and Peter O'Farrell ( Vol. 2, No.

Editor's note: A recent assertion from the Cutter Business Technology Council states, "Loss of core competencies will continue. Outsourcing of core competencies will continue and will continue to fail." This assertion will be debated in an upcoming Council Opinion.

Editor's note: A recent assertion from the Cutter Business Technology Council states, "Loss of core competencies will continue. Outsourcing of core competencies will continue and will continue to fail." This assertion will be debated in an upcoming Council Opinion.

Editor's note: A recent assertion from the Cutter Business Technology Council states, "Loss of core competencies will continue. Outsourcing of core competencies will continue and will continue to fail." This assertion will be debated in an upcoming Council Opinion.

For computer scientists, software engineers, and almost anyone else who works in the IT industry, talking about artificial intelligence (AI) is roughly akin to talking about religion or politics: everyone seems to have a very strong opinion and they tend to articulate those opinions in loud, strident voices.

For computer scientists, software engineers, and almost anyone else who works in the IT industry, talking about artificial intelligence (AI) is roughly akin to talking about religion or politics: everyone seems to have a very strong opinion and they tend to articulate those opinions in loud, strident voices.

For computer scientists, software engineers, and almost anyone else who works in the IT industry, talking about artificial intelligence (AI) is roughly akin to talking about religion or politics: everyone seems to have a very strong opinion and they tend to articulate those opinions in loud, strident voices.

One of the consequences of the dot-bomb explosion is confusion about what to do about e-business. Is e-business a flash in the pan? Where will e-business go from here? How can we use e-business in our company? Should we? These questions, and more, weigh heavily in many current business and IT strategy-planning efforts.

I'm impressed with the way IT people are thinking in broader and more businesslike terms than in the past. I attribute this to the rise of e-business and the success of enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, among other things.

The recent slowdown of the dot-com area has given many people plenty of time to reconsider software practices and principles. What went wrong? What could we have done differently? How did so many smart people fall into something that wasn't going to work?

The recent slowdown of the dot-com area has given many people plenty of time to reconsider software practices and principles. What went wrong? What could we have done differently? How did so many smart people fall into something that wasn't going to work?