In recent issues of ITMS, we looked at managing the size of IT applications. This is critical whether you're building IT applications inhouse or contracting an outsourcer or IT partner for applications development and maintenance. In both cases, mismanaging the scope and size of commitments can have dire results. Overpromising can result in the project overruns and slippages that are at epidemic levels in our industry.
November 2000
November 2000
Every few years, something comes along to stir the software development field into a state of excitement. It may be a passionate rededication to an old idea, or a completely new idea, or simply an old idea dressed up in new clothes to attract the attention of a new generation of developers. Whatever its origin, it will be embraced by some as a silver bullet, rejected by others as dangerous snake oil, and ignored by the majority who simply continue plodding along with whatever tools and techniques they already had.
In this issue:- November 2000 Cutter IT Journal -- Light Methodologies
- Light Methodologies: Introduction
- Light Methodologies: It's Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
- An Iteration in the Life of an XP Project
- Emergent Control in Extreme Programming
- Balancing Lightness with Sufficiency
- Against a Sea of Troubles: Scrum Software Development
October 2000
This issue of ITMS addresses the use of IT metrics in outsourcing and strategic partnering on "projects for hire," in which a client organization needs a system (fast -- what else is there?) and an outsourcer or partner offers to build it.
October 2000
Introduction
Ed YourdonFinding the Real Value in CRM: Leveraging IT Solutions Through the Customer-Driven Approach
Phil Tamminga and Pat O'HalloranIn this issue:- October 2000 Cutter IT Journal -- CRM
- CRM: Introduction
- Finding the Real Value in CRM: Leveraging IT Solutions Through the Customer-Driven Approach
- How Broad, How Deep: Lessons from a CRM Implementation
- KCRM: Beyond "Word of Mouse"
- Doing It Their Way: A CRM Primer
- Implementing CRM Solutions Without Developing Indigestion
September 2000
Introduction
Ed YourdonLitigation Avoidance: A Lifecycle Approach
Tom Bragg and Rand AllenIn this issue:- September 2000 Cutter IT Journal -- Litigation
- Litigation: Introduction
- Litigation Avoidance: A Lifecycle Approach
- IT Relationship Management: Four Early Warning Signs of Breakdown
- IT Ethics: Heading Off Legal Challenges by Doing the Right Thing
- You Don't Always Get What You Want But, You Do Usually Get What You Ask For!
- Learnings of an Expert Witness
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