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When Did You Say Your Business Plan Was Last Updated?
Since the emergence of the Internet as the stage upon which a cast of new technologies continuously appear, the pace of business has become astounding, even tiring. However, as IT professionals, it is imperative that we do more than simply keep abreast of developments. We must ensure that the strategic plan of the business reflects the new opportunities and threats inherent in the technology.
THE INFLUENCE OF Y2K ON SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MEGA TRENDS Ed Yourdon
At the beginning of every decade, it's customary to peer into the future and make bold predictions about the likely developments in virtually every aspect of human endeavor.
FIVE MACRO TRENDS
Those who make, apply, and support information technology cannot adequately respond to the pace of technology change.
THE COLOSSUS OF THE LONG NOW The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility. Stewart Brand. Basic Books, 190 pp. ISBN: 0-465-04512-X. US $22.00 by Jeff Gainer
Today, there are very few five-year development projects.
If we have virtual corporations operating over the Internet, they will be using software. If we have household appliances that you control from your office or car, your control will be implemented by software. If e-business is a mega trend, as indeed its position on the covers of leading business magazines declares it to be, it, too, will depend upon software.
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Software Development
Assertion #2Data quality is a major problem in all large organizations and will become one of the major issues facing IT management in the 21st century.
Work is changing. The classic definition of work is radically shifting. We all know it; we can taste it and feel it in many experiences of our daily life. Think of a department store in the '50s and '60s. It consisted of a building, bricks and mortar, with people inside who bought goods from well-established firms, often in exactly the same way they had for years.
At the beginning of every decade, it's customary to peer into the future and make bold predictions about the likely developments in virtually every aspect of human endeavor. Given the rapid rate of progress in the computer field, it's particularly common to see such periodic predictions about the future of hardware, programming languages, and other aspects of the IT profession.