I found myself trying to explain a meta architecture to a colleague the other day and came up with the following rather belabored analogy.

Paul,

Many software organizations are asking themselves, "What should we do to get better?" Some companies attempt to answer this important question by embarking on a thorough (and expensive) benchmarking study. "By comparing ourselves against the best software organizations, we will find out exactly what to try to become even better," is their logic.

Many software organizations are asking themselves, "What should we do to get better?" Some companies attempt to answer this important question by embarking on a thorough (and expensive) benchmarking study. "By comparing ourselves against the best software organizations, we will find out exactly what to try to become even better," is their logic.

Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant Stowe Boyd recently made several observations about the emerging architecture for future knowledge management (KM) systems and the business culture in which those systems will take shape:

Architectural Metaphor

Boyd suggests that developers planning future KM systems should look to the architecture of buildings for valuable insight.

Like most of you, I've spent the past couple of years reading about changes that the Internet is causing in businesses.

"We've tried numerous virtual-team projects over the past several years," lamented a Fortune 100 company IT project manager at a recent conference workshop. "They all failed."

With data collected on IT finances and business performance from more than 800 US companies under study since 1995, it is now time to close the books on a year characterized b

The latest Cap Gemini America-sponsored year-2000 survey results have been compiled.