At least in the IT world, it's true -- size matters. This issue revisits size metrics, which many IT organizations find perplexing. In an attempt to clear up the confusion, I've written "Eight Commonly Asked Questions About Size Metrics."
March 2001
February 2001
Introduction
Jeffrey Voas, Guest EditorToward Survivable COTS-Based Systems
Nancy R. Mead, Howard F. Lipson, and Carol A. SledgeIn this issue:- February 2001 Cutter IT Journal -- Security
- Security: Introduction
- Toward Survivable COTS-Based Systems
- An Ounce of Prevention and a Pound of Cure: Taking a Comprehensive Approach to Information Risk Management
- It's About Time: Can We Actually Measure Information Security?
- Bridging E-Business and Added Trust: The Keys to E-Business Growth
- Applying Aspect-Oriented Programming to Security
February 2001
This issue continues discussions started in January on organizational learning and defect inspections, specifically focusing on organizational issues and how to deal with emotions and tensions in a high-pressure IT environment. The word metrics implies an objective, sterile view of our working world. The notion of benchmarks seems safe -- after all, they're simply charts and graphs that tell us the state of our IT programs.
January 2001
Executive Summary
Happy New Year! 2001 is truly an exciting time to be in the field of technology. Although HAL 9000 may not be running your IT Space Odyssey, there's no doubt we're at the cusp of an era of revolutionary progress in technology as compared to even a few years ago.
January 2001
Introduction
Rob AustinLetters to the Editor
Tom DeMarcoIn this issue:- January 2001 Cutter IT Journal -- Reorganizing IT for E-Business
- Reorganizing IT for E-Business: Introduction
- January 2001 Cutter IT Journal: Letters to the Editor
- Organizing for E-Business: Lessons from the Retail Drug Industry
- Anatomy of a Modern E-Finance Business Unit
- Patterns for Managing the Rhythm of E-Commerce
- E-Business: Building It Right from the Ground Up
- Legacy.NET
- The Rise and Fall of Information Janitors