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The collection of development techniques and work management practices commonly referred to as agile methods has evolved rapidly over the past decade to the point where it is difficult to find any sizable IT organization that doesn't make claim to some sort of agile initiative. Mainstream management thinkers1 have begun to take notice and to hold up agile practices as a model of self-organization for the 21st century.

As expected and sudden was the inevitable and tragic end to Steve Jobs's life, so too is it surprising yet necessary that an outpouring of praise and emotion would follow. We all loved his inventions. The Twitterverse was rightfully aflame with stories about Steve.

The passing of Steve Jobs on 5 October 2011 has affected all of us involved with IT to some extent, whether we use Apple products or not. Jobs was an innovator who changed consumer interaction with computing and how computer products are developed. As working IT professionals, the Cutter Business Technology Council recognizes Jobs’s genius and his impact on today’s computing environment.

Have you ever overloaded your dishwasher? You focus completely on getting every last dish and every last glass and every last utensil loaded. Then you breathe a sigh of relief as you press "start." An hour later, as the wash cycle completes, you return to find that the dishes and glasses and utensils aren't really clean.

In June/July 2011, Cutter Consortium conducted a survey asking 61 end-user organizations about the adoption and use of text mining and analysis.

One of many shibboleths in our business is "work closely with the business." Ways this can happen is to participate with business in its planning meetings, engage it in business-based conversations about requirements, get traction on what the business strategies really are, and so on.

The passing of Steve Jobs on 5 October 2011 has affected all of us involved with IT to some extent, whether we use Apple products or not. Jobs was an innovator who changed consumer interaction with computing and how computer products are developed. As working IT professionals, the Cutter Business Technology Council recognizes Jobs’s genius and his impact on today’s computing environment. Each contributor to this omnibus Council Opinion shares his or her personal tribute to the computing pioneer who was Steve Jobs.