Editor's note: Assertion No.

Editor's note: Assertion No.

Editor's note: Assertion No. 7 from the Cutter Technology Council states, "The principal IT overhaul in the next 10 years will be organizational rather than technical, specifically a move to leadership practices facilitating organizational adaptability."

Editor's note: Assertion No. 7 from the Cutter Technology Council states, "The principal IT overhaul in the next 10 years will be organizational rather than technical, specifically a move to leadership practices facilitating organizational adaptability."

While the Open Source movement conjures up scary scenarios of "free software" for some and Microsoft-bashing for others, moving beyond the heavy rhetoric provides fresh insight into an emerging collaborative development model of software development.

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Many of us have spent the last few weeks watching the twists and turns of the US presidential contest in Florida. Most of us now know more about the election laws of Florida than we know about those of our home state, and each day, it seems, the complexities multiply. Many Americans wonder if it will ever sort itself out.

Many project managers are finding their experiences in deploying e-business applications extremely frustrating. Proof-of-concept evolves rapidly into a pilot project, and before you know it, you are supporting a prototype application in production mode, interacting with back-end transactional systems.

Many project managers are finding their experiences in deploying e-business applications extremely frustrating. Proof-of-concept evolves rapidly into a pilot project, and before you know it, you are supporting a prototype application in production mode, interacting with back-end transactional systems.

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As the number of Web pages grows exponentially, it becomes increasingly important for enterprises to differentiate themselves from the competition. In a world where the competition is just one click away, organizations need strong identities that provide existing and potential customers with the confidence that their needs will be met in the most convenient, reliable way.

There was a good article by Bob Tedeschi in the New York Times (" Retail Battle Returns to the Bricks," http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/20/technology/20ECOMMERCE.html) that discussed how retailers were sleeping more easily these days, now that they no longer worry about being "Amazoned." It's just one of a couple of dozen articles I've been read

We all know about the demand on IT resources and the resulting need to ensure that the projects we work on are business-justified. Yet we continue to commit valuable team resources to projects that have questionable business cases (if they have one at all).

What do "egoless programming" and "pair programming" have in common?