SEISMIC SHIFTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA CONSUMPTION SPARK RADICAL CHANGES IN MARKETING Business insights that reveal transformative opportunities are the holy grail of the 21st-century
Here in Part V of an Executive Update series on statistical project management, we explore a common metric used in economics and market analysis: the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI).
A project can reconfigure the arrangement of distributed resources, human or otherwise, at any point in the lifecycle of the project, especially with the help of enterprise architecture (EA) to substantially rethink project technology and even organizational approaches. Projects can and should reinvent themselves.
A recent leap forward in database and analytics technology includes streaming technologies like Apache’s Kafka, which can handle real time and can scale to handle big data movement at extremely low cost, and high-speed, in-memory analytics tools like
One of the joys of IT is that it gives people the opportunity to learn new concepts and new skills and explore an inner mental world of creativity and show off their new creations.
In Part VII of this Executive Update series on statistical project management, we turn our attention to the dynamical and often irrational nature of projects.
INTRODUCTION Ah yes, the much endorsed, much maligned business case. Before I dive into the business case for visualization, let me share some assumptions regarding business cases that will guide this discussion.
Man is a measuring animal. Making a choice between alternatives requires sensing, thinking, and doing. Sometimes we need to decide within seconds; sometimes we have the luxury of time.
INTRODUCTION With a stronger allegiance to and identity with technology more so than their employing companies, IT employees are perhaps the ultimate example of a prima donna knowledge workforce.