Sometime in the mid-1980s, the type of project team that our group had become used to quietly disappeared. It was replaced by a new form of team that has become the norm for most of the business and IT project teams that we now work with ... the virtual team.

Sometime in the mid-1980s, the type of project team that our group had become used to quietly disappeared. It was replaced by a new form of team that has become the norm for most of the business and IT project teams that we now work with ... the virtual team.

Copyright 1998 Johanna Rothman. All rights reserved.

You've written the job description. You know just what you want in this employee. You have one tiny problem -- you just can't find that person. Now what?

Copyright 1998 Johanna Rothman. All rights reserved.

You've written the job description. You know just what you want in this employee. You have one tiny problem -- you just can't find that person. Now what?

These are heady times for information technology professionals. Demand for new information systems continues to spiral upward, Internet use is increasing exponentially, and, depending on which set of statistics you choose to believe, there are 250,000 to 375,000 unfilled IT positions. Salaries are up 11% or 20% -- again, depending on whose statistics you believe.

Alice has been a programmer here for 28 years. There are times when it seems like longer. She did some good stuff early on. She's still an OK programmer, I guess.

Alice has been a programmer here for 28 years. There are times when it seems like longer. She did some good stuff early on. She's still an OK programmer, I guess.

Alice has been a programmer here for 28 years. There are times when it seems like longer. She did some good stuff early on. She's still an OK programmer, I guess.

Alice has been a programmer here for 28 years. There are times when it seems like longer. She did some good stuff early on. She's still an OK programmer, I guess.

Application development is no longer the domain of the lone cowboy working late into the night.

Application development is no longer the domain of the lone cowboy working late into the night.

Sometime in the mid-1980s, the type of project team that our group had become used to quietly disappeared.

Sometime in the mid-1980s, the type of project team that our group had become used to quietly disappeared.

You've written the job description. You know just what you want in this employee.

You've written the job description. You know just what you want in this employee.

These are heady times for information technology professionals.

These are heady times for information technology professionals.

As we move into 1999, contingency planning is going to take on a much larger role in Y2000 plans. Companies will begin to realize that, despite some claims to contrary, no organization knows the actual state of their operating environment subsequent to 1 January 2000. Likewise, the status of the telecommunications, utility, transportation, and government infrastructure on 1 January are all unknown.

As we move into 1999, contingency planning is going to take on a much larger role in Y2000 plans.

As we move into 1999, contingency planning is going to take on a much larger role in Y2000 plans.

The concept of software components - units for the construction of applications - is well-established in languages and development tools.