Global software development is about teams distributed over continents building software products for remote users or markets -- with the words "distributed" and "remote" being probably the most significant chara

Global software development is about teams distributed over continents building software products for remote users or markets -- with the words "distributed" and "remote" being probably the most significant chara

Solving the problem of a shortage of software professionals in the US and Europe by searching for labor elsewhere can only ever provide a partial answer. It is the brute force option.

Solving the problem of a shortage of software professionals in the US and Europe by searching for labor elsewhere can only ever provide a partial answer. It is the brute force option.

Currently, Japan is in the most severe economic recession the country has ever experienced.

Currently, Japan is in the most severe economic recession the country has ever experienced.

The rapid globalization of the world economy is forcing companies to focus their business on international market segments.

The rapid globalization of the world economy is forcing companies to focus their business on international market segments.

To keep pace with increasing demands on software development, software developers and researchers around the world are looking for new ways to facilitate and improve so

To keep pace with increasing demands on software development, software developers and researchers around the world are looking for new ways to facilitate and improve so

Over the past few months, I have been facilitating a series of project leadership workshops for one of my clients. These workshops involve some exchange of theory, some interactive case studies, and a bit of fun and games to keep things lively.

Over the past few months, I have been facilitating a series of project leadership workshops for one of my clients. These workshops involve some exchange of theory, some interactive case studies, and a bit of fun and games to keep things lively.

If your organization has crafted a winning business strategy but cannot implement it, or it possesses a superb implementation capability but the business strategy is vague and ill-defined, then you shouldn't be surprised that a business-IT misalignment problem exists.

If your organization has crafted a winning business strategy but cannot implement it, or it possesses a superb implementation capability but the business strategy is vague and ill-defined, then you shouldn't be surprised that a business-IT misalignment problem exists.

An application architecture is more like a carefully designed garden than a series of city streets. Unless you tend to its care and feeding, it will soon become unruly, overgrown with the wasteful vestiges of dead code. Ignore it long enough and you'll find that your only recourse is to engage in massive -- and very costly -- changes to correct the neglect.

Over 30% of companies surveyed said they had a 13- to 24-month backlog in application development, according to Chris Pickering, author of the 1998