Note: This article is an excerpt from "Design with Composition, Rather than Inheritance," a chapter in the new book JAVA DESIGN: Building Better Apps and A

At 6:13 p.m.

At 6:13 p.m.

Two of the most common questions I am asked regarding process analysis and rework are "How do I know when I am done modeling?" and "How can I tell if the model is a good one?" Note that these questions are asked

As I pointed out in the previous article, business leaders face their greatest challenge in providing strategic vision, the raison d'être for the company.

In ITMS last month, I discussed at length the top 10 reasons measurement programs fail:

1. Betting the measurement program on a single metric.

For many years, I studied a phenomenon I call "death-march" projects. You may think it's a strange term, and that it has little or nothing to do with your work - but I'm convinced that it has become the norm, not the exception, in the application development field. In this article, I want to discuss the kinds of software tools and software processes that should be used on such projects.

In the September 1996 ITMS I summarized the overall findings of my annual Industry Watch Study. This annual event focuses on the following high-level IT parameters:

In the September 1996 ITMS I summarized the overall findings of my annual Industry Watch Study. This annual event focuses on the following high-level IT parameters:

Copyright 1996 by James Bach. All rights reserved.

Copyright 1996 by James Bach. All rights reserved.

For the second time in a decade, many in our industry are preparing to put a new face on their most strategic information assets -- their databases and the processes that look after them.

For the second time in a decade, many in our industry are preparing to put a new face on their most strategic information assets -- their databases and the processes that look after them.

By the end of 1996, fully two-thirds of large American companies and almost one-fifth of small companies will have Internet access.

By the end of 1996, fully two-thirds of large American companies and almost one-fifth of small companies will have Internet access.

Back at the beginning of this decade (which now seems like a lifetime ago), client-server technology emerged as a revolutionary change from the mainframe systems of the past.

Back at the beginning of this decade (which now seems like a lifetime ago), client-server technology emerged as a revolutionary change from the mainframe systems of the past.

Some wag once noted that the measure of a person's intelligence is the degree to which he or she agrees with you. By that measure, Michael Hammer is a very wise man, indeed.

The data that I have collected over the past 10 years indicate that measurement program failures outnumber successes by about 5 or 6 to 1. Put another way, only 1 out of 6 measurement programs that are started survive and provide value after 2 years.