Business Transformation Requires Transformational Leaders

Business intelligence and analytics are becoming increasingly important in creating an agile approach to business process/performance management.

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has a long history of process improvement research, and -- like almost everyone who has proposed a model or method for software -- a long history of fighting misperceptions. Chief among these is the idea that picking the "best" model or method and checking off a series of boxes will fix whatever ails you, indefinitely.

In this series of Advisors ("What's a Knowledge Worker to Do? Part I" and "What's a Knowledge Worker to Do?

There has been a lot of discussion surrounding what's better for mobile development: building native apps designed to run specifically on select mobile platforms and OSs (e.g., Apple iOS, Android-based devices, BlackBerry, Windows 8) or using dynamic Web-based technologies (e.g., HTML5, JavaScript, mobile Web frameworks) to bu

One would be hard pressed to decide which incident represents the worst example of enterprise risk (mis)management practice since 2010 given the surfeit of eminently eligible contenders in which to choose. Among the nominees is BP PLC.

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

-- J.R.R. Tolkien

While agile methods remain at the forefront in popularity and value, development effort is only a fraction of the overall time, money, and effort spent in maintaining systems.

The intersection between agile and mobile development is a natural one, grounded in the similarities between the demands of each. Mobile apps are generally small, frequently updated from an apps store, motivated by clear process requirements, and released almost immediately.