At around 16 pages, Executive Reports offer a deep, strategic look into a cutting edge issue, and serve as foundations to developing your own approaches. Short abstracts on the cover of each report help you immediately understand how the subject matter might impact your enterprise.
Some Like It Hot: Moore's Law and Facility Costs
Tom DeMarco, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council
Domain
IT industry
Assertion 148A side effect of ever-higher-density electronics (e.g., blade servers) is the production of surprisingly much unwanted heat -- enough so that facilities costs over the next five years will grow to more than offset any expected Moore's Law savings.
The Role of Master Data Management in the Enterprise
Al Moreno, Greg Mancuso
A NEW NAME FOR AN OLD PROCESS
It should come as no surprise to anyone in the IT world that old concepts often reemerge under new, more mysterious sounding titles. Navigating the world of IT is like taking a trip through a bowl of alphabet soup. But while the names and terminology may change, the core concepts usually stay the same.
Agile Project Governance
Rob Thomsett
The growing acceptance of the Lean/Agile Development 1 model presents a number of challenges for project management. The values, models, tools, and structure of radical models of project management to support agile development have been well documented in books such as Radical Project Management [12], Managing Agile Projects [1], and Agile Project Management [4], as well as in Cutter's Agile Project Management practice.
Anchors Aweigh: Fat Laptops Considered Harmful
Lou Mazzucchelli, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council
Domain
IT strategy
Assertion 147Within the next five years, IT managers will be spending most of their mobile device budgets on mobile thin clients and will be minimizing or eliminating traditional laptop PCs for their mobile users.
Forensic Systems Analysis: A Methodology for Assessment and Avoidance of IT Disasters and Disputes
Stephen Castell
This Executive Report presents Forensic Systems Analysis (FSA), an inquisitorial method which focuses on testing of the software in dispute. It has a proven capability in providing illuminating insights into the objective state of the software and contributing to saving time and costs in, and facilitating rapid settlement of, such technically complex disputes.
Forensic Systems Analysis: A Methodology for Assessment and Avoidance of IT Disasters and Disputes
Stephen Castell
Consider the following alarming statistics reported in a 2 August 2004 article in Computer Weekly:
Introducing Agile Techniques in a Small Team Environment: A Case Study
Frank Maurer, Chris Mann
The Business of Information Technology: Managing Acquisitions
David Rasmussen
Read the Executive Summary
Why do some acquisitions fail to meet expectations? Why does the integration of acquired IT operations take so long? Why are there so many IT surprises during integration?
Care and Feeding of the "Creative Class"
Ken Orr, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council
Domain
Organizational matters
Assertion 146Because of the growing need to attract and retain the people that are categorized as members of the "creative class," organizations will need to spend more time and effort developing (and encouraging the development of) environments and software systems that appeal to individuals in this important group.
The Future of IT Value Creation in a Global Economy
Robert Austin, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council, Cutter Business Technology Council
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