A number of studies continue to show that business-IT alignment is a top issue for CIOs. Statistics on alignment indicators from the Cutter Consortium Business-IT Alignment survey suggest that CIOs have good reason to be concerned.

Table 1 summarizes the statistics discussed in this article.

A number of studies continue to show that business-IT alignment is a top issue for CIOs. Statistics on alignment indicators from the Cutter Consortium Business-IT Alignment survey suggest that CIOs have good reason to be concerned.

Table 1 summarizes the statistics discussed in this article.

In this Executive Update, Senior Consultant Stowe Boyd, one of Cutter Consortium's experts on business knowledge and information technology, discusses knowledge management and its potential effect on business-IT alignment.

In the late 1980s, there were a few large and very popular computer-aided software engineering (CASE) companies.

CEOs at hardware and software companies are falling like bowling balls. Acquisitions continue apace.

In the previous issue of DMS, I covered Part I of this series, which included an overview of the major trends influencing the data warehouse industry and the important developments affecting t

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Past Executive Reports in this series have discussed various ways of defining a corporate computing architecture. In most cases, these architectures are organized around a collection of vendor products or developed to organize a specific environment.

In the Vol. 1, No. 1 and Vol. 2, No. 3 Executive Reports, Senior Consultants Michael Guttman and Jason Matthews discussed a general methodology for transitioning companies from conventional approaches to application development and moving to a distributed, component-based approach.

In this issue, I continue coverage of the state of the data warehouse industry by examining trends and developments in the data transformation and movement market, as well as with data integrity and cleansing product vendors.

In this issue, I continue coverage of the state of the data warehouse industry by examining trends and developments in the data transformation and movement market, as well as with data integrity and cleansing product vendors.

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©1999 by Brian Lawrence and Payson Hall. All rights reserved.

I am cursed with a judgmental nature, and it irks me when people pretend that a mistake was something they planned. In software development, teams often joke, "Oh, that's not a bug, it's a feature!" Similarly, I was sitting in a class once and noticed that the teacher had made an error. Someone finally brought the mistake to the teacher's attention.

I am going to make a bold statement here. I believe that it is possible to deliver IS projects on time, on budget, and to specification. Yes, this is contrary to the Standish Group's reports of dismal project delivery results, and it may fly in the face of other "experts" who spend their time identifying the many reasons why IS projects are doomed to failure.

© 1999 by Johanna Rothman. All rights reserved.

"When will the project be ready for beta?"

"I think it will be ready next month. We're more than 90% done."

One of the most difficult tasks for a software manager is monitoring and gauging progress throughout a development project.