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JAVA AND JAVA TOOLS by Ed Yourdon
In early November 1996, one newspaper article predicted that by 1997 -- that is, by the time you receive this issue of American Programmer -- some 70 percent of all Internet/intranet applications would be programmed in Java.
CRED: SEVEN PILLARS FOR JAVA DEVELOPMENT by Richard Drake
CRED, or Controlled Rapid Evolutionary Delivery, is a new method for Java development that seeks to crystallize the lessons that we at Objective have learned from over 12 years of successful object project de
JAVA-INSPIRED DESIGN: USE COMPOSITION, RATHER THAN INHERITANCE by Peter Coad and Mark Mayfield
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
PERSONALIZED INTERACTIVE REAL-TIME SPORTS REPORTING by David R. Barstow and William B. Brogden
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Critical Intelligence: Charles Handy on the Paradox of Organization by Stowe Boyd
We live in a time of great discontinuity, of sweeping change introduced by the advent of new communication media spiraling out of the information technology vortex.
Success Factors: Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up by Stowe Boyd
In all but the simplest process models, the complexity of many possible interactions and the sheer number of actors can overwhelm an analyst, even one with a high degree of expertise with process modeling and k
Critical Intelligence: From Vision to Goals by Stowe Boyd
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
Success Factors: From Goals to Models by Stowe Boyd
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.