| Architecture as Humble Servant A good architecture humbly serves the needs of the business. When told to jump, it asks, "How high?" "How often?" and "When?" Architecture as Trusted Partner | ||
January 2004
In this issue:- Cutter IT Journal: The Business of Software Architecture
- Opening Statement: The Business of Software Architecture
- Back to the Source: Putting the Business Back in OOD
- Investing in Architectural Infrastructure: A Business Conversation
- Turning System Architecture into Profits
- Extending an Architecture as It Earns Business Value
- Software Architecture Then and Now
- Stop Software Rot: Keep Your Architecture DRY
December 2003
Get the Business Case Right
Every project should have a compelling business need. With appropriate process, design, and implementation, project success is ensured.In this issue:- Cutter IT Journal: Killing IT Projects
- Killing IT Projects: Opening Statement
- Software Project Escalation and De-escalation: What Do We Know?
- Why Flawed Software Projects Are Not Cancelled in Time
- Project Management, The Movie
- Cancelling a Project in Four Not-So-Easy Steps
- A Losing Gamble with Public Funds: Why Large Public-Sector IT Projects Are More Likely to Fail and Are Harder to Cancel
December 2003
There's a rhetorical strategy familiar to anyone who nowadays tunes in to editorial content in the media: A commentator makes a radical assertion that seems plausible on the surface and that seems consistent with a trend. The commentator may not be particularly qualified to make the assertion. (Have you ever asked yourself why we ought to believe those people talking at us on TV news shows? When did we start accepting that someone who has strong opinions is some kind of an expert?) And usually the assertion doesn't bear up well under scrutiny.In this issue:- Preparing for the Next Digital Revolution
- Start Your Engines -- Preparing for the Second Digital Revolution: Part I
- New Skills -- Preparing for the Second Digital Revolution: Part II
- The Role of IT -- Preparing for the Second Digital Revolution: Part III
- "Business Value": Getting Real with What IT Can Mean
- "Business Value": What the CFO and CIO Really Need to Worry About
November 2003
Benchmarking Is a Must
When the demand from management is “show me the value,” consistent, proven processes are essential. You need benchmarks to analyze and improve your software development practices.In this issue:November 2003
Let me begin this issue of CBR with a statement of full disclosure: I have not often been a fan of modeling-based approaches to software development, at least not in some of their common manifestations. Software modeling is a practice that often, in my opinion, succumbs to a "forest for the trees" problem. Managers confronting business problems are often justified when they ask, amid mind-numbing discussions about abstract diagrams of yet-to-be-built systems, whether modeling efforts truly move them toward real solutions in an efficient manner.
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