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Social Networks in the Enterprise: Are You Part of the Herd?

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networks are very hot right now; however, most of the existing research has been done on these social networks with an eye toward consumer-oriented usage. Corresponding research from the enterprise side is lacking.

April 30, 2009 | Authored By: David Coleman

IT Budgeting in 2013: Are We Finally Back on Track? — Opening Statement

CUTTER BENCHMARK REVIEW VOL. 13, NO. 4

December 26, 2013 | Authored By: Joseph Feller

Corporate Boards: Navigating Decision-Making & Priorities in Complex Times

This issue of Amplify features a collection of articles that explore how boards can evolve beyond conventional roles to become active stewards of long-term value — drawing on leader character, data and analytics, behavioral insight, structural design, and strategic engagement.

July 14, 2025 | Authored By: Mirko Benischke

Does IT Lie on the Critical Path? A Look Back at the 2014 IT Budget — Opening Statement

CUTTER BENCHMARK REVIEW VOL. 14, NO. 3

March 1, 2014 | Authored By: Joseph Feller

Achieving Business Objectives III: A Real-World Software Process Improvement Implementation

"Process improvement challenges -- the process cannot be continuously improved if:

August 1, 2000 | Authored By: Jim Mayes

Organization: A Trend Emerges

How many of us wrestle with the question "who should report to whom?" several times a year? Have your efforts to "reorganize" the business-technology relationship been proactive or reactive?

December 1, 2002 | Authored By: Steve Andriole

XML Languages

In this article, I'll focus on XML languages. One key to understanding the value of XML is recognizing that XML is a metalanguage -- it allows the creation of tailored languages that describe data that can be passed from one user or application to another.

February 1, 2002 | Authored By: Paul Harmon

Measuring Up to Metrics: Are Software Organizations Managing by Data?

There is a simple illusion shown in Figure 1. When asked which of the two lines is longer, many people choose line A, while some who have seen a similar example before will say that both lines are the same length. Actually, line B is longer.

March 1, 2005 | Authored By: E.M. Bennatan

Adoption of Web Services Rolling Along

Everyone is talking about Web services, but information on this new technology is heavily skewed. You can find reams of instructive matter about specifications, and nearly every vendor has a thrilling tale to tell (or "sell"?).

June 1, 2003 | Authored By: Tom Welsh

Software Teams: Your Most Important Asset

Give a software team an interesting project and you will have a group of happy campers -- true or false? Well, you might say, interesting projects are fine, but team performance is also influenced by good management and a decent salary. Very few happy campers earn a poor salary.

July 1, 2004 | Authored By: E.M. Bennatan

Insight into SOX Compliance Activity

At the end of 2004, Cutter Consortium conducted a survey in an effort to gain some insight into subscribers' opinions about SOX before they actually had to torture their IT systems into compliance with its wide-reaching and potentially burdensome provisions.

July 1, 2005 | Authored By: Peter Ofarrell

Case Study: The Story of a CMM Project -- A Process Improvement Production, Part 2

In Part 1 of this story (see ITMS, May 2001), readers learned about a process improvement project taking place in a company based in the US Midwest, along with some of the organizational dynamics involved.

June 1, 2001 | Authored By: James Perry, James Heires, Carol Wickey

Are Companies Really Satisfied with Their Strategic Choice of DSD?

Yes -- it appears to be true. Companies are satisfied with their strategic choice of distributed software development (DSD).

September 1, 2002 | Authored By: E.M. Bennatan

Why Teamwork Remains Hit or Miss

After 20 years of focus on teaming in industry, teamwork effectiveness in IT projects remains hit or miss. While some teams are highly effective and others highly ineffective, most are of middling effectiveness. Statistics on IT project success support this observation all too well.

October 1, 2004 | Authored By: Christopher Avery

Security Survey

Even before the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, international security industry analysts were becoming concerned that the rapid growth of hacker activity was showing signs of organized behavior.

June 1, 2002 | Authored By: Laurie McQuillan

Managing Offshore Outsourcing

It seems like you can't open a magazine without reading about the fast-growing software industry in India.

November 1, 2001 | Authored By: Michael Epner

DSLs Are Coming: Will You Be Ready?

I've heard the comment that the World Wide Web is nothing new -- just a combination of existing technologies, mainly TCP/

May 1, 2005 | Authored By: Oliver Sims

Achieving Business Objectives II: Building a Software Metrics Support Structure

"There are three kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't." — Anonymous Whether you are trying to initiate a software metrics program or trying to sustain one due to organizational changes, budget constraints, or other factors, the benefits must be continuously sold

May 31, 2000 | Authored By: Jim Mayes

Defect Metrics, Inspections, and Testing: Part II

In Part 1 of this article, I described defect metrics and the behavior patterns that have become evident through scientific research on software projects (see CBR, January 2001).

February 1, 2001 | Authored By: Michael Mah

Practical Software Measures Offer Solutions to Process Challenges

A good measurement program is one of the cornerstones of any successful process-improvement program. In fact, measurement is essential if you want to be able to quantitatively identify improvements.

August 31, 2000 | Authored By: Cutter Consortium

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Social Networks in the Enterprise: Are You Part of the Herd?

IT Budgeting in 2013: Are We Finally Back on Track? — Opening Statement

Corporate Boards: Navigating Decision-Making & Priorities in Complex Times

Does IT Lie on the Critical Path? A Look Back at the 2014 IT Budget — Opening Statement

Achieving Business Objectives III: A Real-World Software Process Improvement Implementation

Organization: A Trend Emerges

XML Languages

Measuring Up to Metrics: Are Software Organizations Managing by Data?

Adoption of Web Services Rolling Along

Software Teams: Your Most Important Asset

Insight into SOX Compliance Activity

Case Study: The Story of a CMM Project -- A Process Improvement Production, Part 2

Are Companies Really Satisfied with Their Strategic Choice of DSD?

Why Teamwork Remains Hit or Miss

Security Survey

Managing Offshore Outsourcing

DSLs Are Coming: Will You Be Ready?

Achieving Business Objectives II: Building a Software Metrics Support Structure

Defect Metrics, Inspections, and Testing: Part II

Practical Software Measures Offer Solutions to Process Challenges

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