The 9 November issue of Information Week carried an interesting story entitled "Killer Supply Chains: Six companies are using supply chains to transform the way they do business." The theme of the article was simple and straightforward: "The supply chain is a powerful set of tools and philosophies.

The 9 November issue of Information Week carried an interesting story entitled "Killer Supply Chains: Six companies are using supply chains to transform the way they do b

The 9 November issue of Information Week carried an interesting story entitled "Killer Supply Chains: Six companies are using supply chains to transform the way they do b

I must have suffered through a news blackout last week on the Internet: I missed Microsoft's earth-shattering decision to rename Windows NT 5.0 to Windows 2000.

I must have suffered through a news blackout last week on the Internet: I missed Microsoft's earth-shattering decision to rename Windows NT 5.0 to Windows 2000. When I stumbled upon the news while skimming through a pile of trade magazines that accumulated while I was out of town, my first reaction was "Hee haw! Bill, you've got to be kidding!" But I've subsequently concluded that it might turn out to be a significant event after all.

I must have suffered through a news blackout last week on the Internet: I missed Microsoft's earth-shattering decision to rename Windows NT 5.0 to Windows 2000.

I must have suffered through a news blackout last week on the Internet: I missed Microsoft's earth-shattering decision to rename Windows NT 5.0 to Windows 2000.

On average, companies surveyed are spending $1.6 million on their data warehousing projects in 1998, according to the initial results of a new data warehousi

The basic adaptive management approach is to maintain a focus on the project scope and objective, assign components to the delivery team, stand back and let the team figure out how to deliver the components, and maintain a

The day of catastrophe in the information era is approaching. Companies as well as government agencies are investing enormous amounts of money for the soft landing of computer-controlled systems in the next century. But the Sanwa Bank in Japan is completely nonchalant about the catastrophic day, which is consuming enormous effort and money. Its secret is in the calendar system that it implemented 30 years ago when it started the first generation of banking systems.

The day of catastrophe in the information era is approaching. Companies as well as government agencies are investing enormous amounts of money for the soft landing of computer-controlled systems in the next century. But the Sanwa Bank in Japan is completely nonchalant about the catastrophic day, which is consuming enormous effort and money. Its secret is in the calendar system that it implemented 30 years ago when it started the first generation of banking systems.

The day of catastrophe in the information era is approaching.

The day of catastrophe in the information era is approaching.

Software development has been a difficult technology for many years. Compared to almost any other manufactured object, software development requires more manual labor by skilled craftspeople.

One-third the time, one-third the budget, one-third the defect rate: these are the goals of lean development (LD), a software development management approach originated by Dr. Bob Charette.