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Practical Enterprise Architecture: The Civil Engineering of IT
John Chi-Zong Wu
A practical enterprise architecture, or PEA, works from the inside out (i.e., starting with the common IT resources to support the applications systems) rather than from the outside in (i.e., designing the applications systems toward the common IT resources).
Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals: Part V -- Functionality and Features
Curt Hall
Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals series: Part I
Frameworks and YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It)
Dave Rooney
Outsourcing Value and Management: Part II
Danny Ertel, Sara Enlow
The State of IT Governance: Part I
Peter Ofarrell
Outsourcing Value and Management: Part I
Danny Parker
A Lesson in Innovation from the Military
Michael Enright
Radical Management and Strategy: Part II -- Sourcing
Steve Andriole
Radical Management and Strategy series: Part I: What We're Doing with the New Stuff
CIOs: Keep Watch on the WACIT
Chris Verhoef
Is 2004 "The Year of MDA?"
Michael Guttman
Security: Software Development (Part V in a Series)
Tom Welsh
Security Series: Part I: Investments and Threat Levels
The State of CRM: 2004 and Beyond
Paul Greenberg
Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals: Part IV -- Use of Portal Products
Curt Hall
Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals series: Part I
Agile Practices for Global Software Development
Roman Pichler
One for You and One for Me: Process-Area Governance
Thomas Cagley, Jr.
Organizations outsource software development and maintenance work primarily for two reasons: cost savings and staff augmentation. 1 Ceding control of people and processes is rarely among the reasons; however, it is the most common feature of outsourcing arrangements.
Trends: Looking Back at 2003 and Ahead in 2004
Scott Ambler, E.M. Bennatan, E.M. Bennatan, Robert Charette, Robert Charette
What were the biggest developments in agile software development and project management in 2003? And what lies ahead in 2004? We posed these questions to three Cutter Consortium Senior Consultants: Scott W. Ambler, E.M. Bennatan, and Robert N. Charette.