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Web Services Security

Tom Welsh
  For more on Web services security, see the January 2004 issue of Web Services Strategies, available from Cutter Consortium at +1 781 641 9876, fax +1 781 648 1950, or e-mail service@cutter.com.

 


Are You a Hunter or the Hunted? (And What Difference Does It Make?)

Kerry Gentry

In nature and in human affairs, there are two kinds of animals: the hunters and the hunted. In lower animals, the distinction is species-dependent, but among humans, it is a function of attitude. As a project manager, which are you?


Crossing Company Boundaries

Mary Poppendieck

Organizational Factors of Software Project Failure, Case 3

Dennis Linscomb
Organizational Factors of Software Project Failure Series Case 1 Case 2

The Hidden Truth: How Sarbanes-Oxley Will Impact CIOs

Cutter Consortium
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is so much more than just corporate governance for accounting and finance professionals. At most companies, financial reporting systems are heavily reliant on IT and may include highly complex hybrid and legacy systems. How can CEOs and CFOs stand behind the accuracy of financial data without solid assurances from the CIO regarding the reliability of such information systems?

Silver Bullets

Ken Schwaber

Managing Alignment Risks -- Part V: Cultural Issues

Alexandre Rodrigues
  Managing Alignment Risks series: Part I

The Strategy-to-Bottom-Line Value Chain

Bob Benson, Tom Bugnitz, Tom Bugnitz, Tom Walton, William Walton, William Walton, Kaleb Walton

Organizational Factors of Software Project Failure, Case 2

Dennis Linscomb
Organizational Factors of Software Project Failure Series Case 1 Case 2

What to Look for in an Outsourcing Advisor, Part 2

Wendell Jones
  What to Look for in an Outsourcing Advisor series: Part 1 Part 2

The Last of the Five Big Questions

Ken Orr

Awhile back, I wrote an article on the five big questions that CIOs and user managers ought to ask themselves before embarking on a big new project (see " Five Big Questions," 4 December 2003). Those questions include the following: