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Business Process Frameworks, Enterprise Patterns, and MDA
Paul Harmon
I've been concerned for some time with how one can simplify and accelerate the development of large-scale business processes. I've begun to use the term second-generation BP to describe business process frameworks like the Supply Chain Council's SCOR and the TeleManagement Forum's eTOM/NGOSS architecture.
Agile MDA
Stephen Mellor
Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) is a broad church covering several approaches to model-driven development. People often think of models as blueprints that are filled in with code. Model-driven development automates the transformations among these several models. That is, MDA is commonly viewed as supporting "heavyweight," process-heavy modeling techniques.
ITO and BPO: Management Fads?
Wendell Jones
Don't Crack the Box
Steve Andriole
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Real-Time Vision
Steve Andriole
Effective Risk Management Is a Process, Not an Outcome
George Westerman
Components and the Web
Paul Harmon
Whatever happened to all the arguments about component standards? A few years ago, it was popular to talk of DCOM/.NET and EJB/J2EE and compare their relative chances of success. Some comparisons would even include the Object Management Group's (OMG) CORBA Component standard.
Measurable Success
Neil Roodyn
Smartsourcing IT Projects
Chris Verhoef
Enterprise Information Portals and Web Services
Curt Hall
Here's another interesting finding based on the results of a Cutter survey conducted last September that asked 127 end-user organizations of various sizes located worldwide questions designed to measure the adoption and use of enterprise information portals (EIPs) in conjunction with other information technologies and business strategies.
Managing Risk in Software Process Improvement
Scott Stribrny
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The Principles of Agile Project Management, Part 1
Jim Highsmith
Combatting Malicious Software, Part 2
Lee Imrey
In the first Bulletin in this two-part series (" Best Practices for Combatting Malicious Software, Part 1," 4 March 2004), I began an examination of the components that must be considered when developing an information security program. In this article, I conclude that discussion.
When Not to Kill an IT Project
Michael Mah
Recently, one of my clients and I were discussing a project that his team had deployed some time ago. It was a real success story in risk management. The team had skillfully managed the deadline and the scope, using project simulations of where things were heading, and delivered within two weeks of their 90% probability date.
The Coming Consolidation
Paul Harmon
The Business Value of Software Architecture
Thad Scheer
Cost Reduction Negotiation Strategies
Jonathan Gasink
Corporate Use of Text Mining in Enterprise Information Portals
Curt Hall
Here's an interesting finding based on the results of a Cutter survey (conducted last September), which asked 127 end-user organizations of various sizes located worldwide questions designed to measure the adoption and use of enterprise information portals (EIPs) in conjunction with other information technologies and business strategies.
The Role of Roles
Jim Highsmith