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Web Services Paradigm

  A Web service is a programmable entity that provides a particular element of functionality, such as application logic, and is accessible to any number of potentially disparate systems through the use of Internet standards, such as XML and HTTP.
July 1, 2002 | Authored By: Luminita Vasiu

Software Teams: Your Most Important Asset

PART I: THE "MAKE OR BREAK" OF A PROJECT How important are development teams to the success of a software project? Does team structure really matter? To a varying degree, most of us believe that it does.
October 1, 2004 | Authored By: E.M. Bennatan

The Software Modeling Revival

PART I: HOW TO AVOID BEING STRANDED IN THE DESERT In the 1965 movie The Flight of the Phoenix, a plane crash leaves a small group of survivors stranded in the Sahara desert.
November 1, 2004 | Authored By: E.M. Bennatan

The Timing of IS Leadership

A MATTER OF TIMING When he announced the end of his sitcom Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld observed, "For me, this is all about timing. My life is all about timing. As a comedian, my sense of timing is everything" [5].
March 31, 2007 | Authored By: Richard Watson, Elena Karahanna

IT Budgets: A Decade of Data

IT managers must construct the IT budget in such a way as to be obviously defendable as being supportive of the overall direction of the company. The wise IT manager will strive to have support from his or her non-IT colleagues whenever possible. This analysis of the latest CBR survey data will view the results from this perspective.
November 24, 2015 | Authored By: Dennis Adams

CMS Selection: Pitfalls and Best Practices

INTRODUCTION The process of selecting a content management system (CMS) presents many challenges for an organization. A CMS provides critical tools for how individuals create, share, and use content, thus enabling users to communicate and work more effectively.
April 1, 2006 | Authored By: J. Bradford Kain

Web 2.0: It's for Real, and It's All About People

In February 2007 I had the opportunity to work with Gabe Piccoli and Tom Welsh on an issue of Cutter Benchmark Review, exploring what was at that point the new and exciting world of Web 2.0.1 Throw the phrase "Web 2.0" into Google Tren
February 28, 2010 | Authored By: Joseph Feller

Service Functionality: Using IT to Better Serve Your Customers

Imagine yourself walking into Barnes & Noble or any other major book retailer. Perhaps you visit the store about once a month to browse a few books and grab a cup of coffee. You open the store doors and see in front of you one of the staff members sitting behind a counter.
November 30, 2008 | Authored By: Ron Cenfetelli

IT Governance: Size Matters

It's difficult to click through the Web pages of a major IT consulting firm or flip through a computer industry periodical without coming face-to-face with a reference to IT governance or IT alignment.
August 31, 2009 | Authored By: Dennis Adams

Difficult IT Conversations, Part 2

In the field of IT, measures are intended to frame discussions. Often, having the wrong measures, or no measures at all, results in difficult conversations. The substantive issues are clouded when information is sketchy, leading to disputes and fractured negotiations.
July 1, 2000 | Authored By: Michael Mah

2007 IT Trends

PREAMBLE This is the first benchmarking opportunity for CBR's annual IT trend
December 31, 2006 | Authored By: Jeroen van Tyn
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