At a recent conference on software measurement, several industry experts, including Tim Lister, Tom DeMarco, Bob Grady, and David Card, were asked to discuss the software triangle: should the focus be on people, process, or technology? The ensuing discussion with the experts and audience participants was fast-paced and opinionated, with views ranging from equilateral triangles (focus evenly on each component) to 3-D pyramids.

At a recent conference on software measurement, several industry experts, including Tim Lister, Tom DeMarco, Bob Grady, and David Card, were asked to discuss the software triangle: should the focus be on people, process, or technology? The ensuing discussion with the experts and audience participants was fast-paced and opinionated, with views ranging from equilateral triangles (focus evenly on each component) to 3-D pyramids.

According to Jim Highsmith, editor of Cutter's *Application Development Strategies* and a Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant, IT systems organizations are undergoing radical role changes and b

As public awareness of the Y2000 problem increases, concern about its possible effects declines. According to USA Today/Gallup polls conducted in December 1998 and March 1999, 21% of the US population now expects major problems to result from Y2000; 38% expressed similar concerns in December. Curiously, the same two polls also show a trend toward a greater awareness of the problem. In December, 39% reported that they had seen, read, or heard "a great deal" about Y2000; 56% reported the same level of exposure in March.

Cutter Consortium's Chairman and Director of its Y2000 Advisory Service, Ed Yourdon, has recently raised a red flag in the midst of the flurry of optimistic Y2000 announcements: