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Enterprise application development DevOps and software agility
- September 02, 2010
02 Sep'10
Mobile application development made easy … eventually
A while back, I checked in with a few IT managers about their mobile application development plans. I was wondering if business intelligence applications were making their way on to their users’ ...
- August 25, 2010
25 Aug'10
SOA solutions create a wrapper for legacy modernization
An expert defends the benefits of SOA solutions for legacy modernization and for creating network-centric collaborative environments.
- August 05, 2010
05 Aug'10
Agile best practices applied to business problems
In the past few years, Ross Pettit, client principal at Chicago-based ThoughtWorks Inc., has seen a shift in client requests. The agile software development consulting firm’s projects are still ...
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- August 04, 2010
04 Aug'10
Corporate business services: Repurpose to reap value and flexibility
CIOs are taking a hybrid approach to the creation of IT and corporate business services, repurposing existing technology and adding new service delivery methods.
- August 03, 2010
03 Aug'10
How CIOs are tackling IT business services creation
CIOs are in a prime position to shape new IT business services and shepherd the enterprise into new markets.
- July 29, 2010
29 Jul'10
Taking notations on agile data modeling
You can’t talk about agile data modeling without mentioning Scott Ambler, whom many consider the authority if not founder of agile data modeling. In this tip, Ambler takes readers through an ...
- July 28, 2010
28 Jul'10
Five points to consider when considering agile best practices
There are benefits to following agile best practices throughout the project lifecycle, but when are they your organization's best bet? Learn how to get started.
- July 08, 2010
08 Jul'10
Think lean before you start agile projects
In the past few weeks I’ve been writing about agile projects, Scrum vs. waterfall or using the two project approaches together, and a theme that keeps coming up when I talk to project managers is ...
- July 01, 2010
01 Jul'10
Finding an endpoint for agile projects
One of the 12 principles of agile projects is that agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely, ...
- July 01, 2010
01 Jul'10
Agile best practices can combine waterfall and Scrum
Agile projects can mingle Scrum and waterfall approaches, but proceed with caution. Program managers share agile best practices and pitfalls.
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- June 24, 2010
24 Jun'10
Reactions to Scrum and waterfall mix for agile projects
To quote one respondent to my last blog post on whether agile projects should mix Scrum and waterfall: “I have been on projects within the U.S. government where they tried to do both when saying ...
- June 18, 2010
18 Jun'10
Mixing and matching Scrum and Waterfall for agile project development
I talked to a few CIOs recently who were using Scrum and Waterfall for agile project development. One was using a combination of the two to develop a portal and services for emergency room ...
- June 17, 2010
17 Jun'10
BI software advances can't address adoption issues, CIOs say
At a recent business intelligence summit, CIOs were excited over the rapid evolution of BI software -- but mindful of how hard it is to make BI solutions work.
- June 16, 2010
16 Jun'10
Business service development: Lessons learned from the frontlines
There is no clear-cut path for IT to follow when it comes to business service development. CIOs and experts share their dos and don'ts.
- June 10, 2010
10 Jun'10
When it comes to an agile model, failure is an option
It’s OK to fail when taking an agile approach to a business service or software development project, but if you fail, fail fast. As one expert explained to me, if you don’t fail, you don’t really ...