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The Evolving Threat Environment
Identifying Your Key Stakeholders
Lessons From Egypt
I just returned from Cairo, Egypt, where I visited the Pyramids of Giza and other antiquities, as well as experienced some of the protests going on in Tahrir Square. As usual, I find it useful to draw parallels between things in the real world and EA. Here are three lessons that I took away from Egypt:
Cloud Computing: A CIO's Perspective
Keys to a Happy Client/Vendor Marriage
In my experience, I've come to realize that there are six key areas that need special attention during an engagement to strengthen and maintain a healthy vendor/client relationship. Putting forth the proper effort in these areas can help keep the client satisfied and looking forward to future work with your delivery organization. Let's examine these six areas in greater detail.
Plot, Coherence, and Resonance
The ancient philosopher, Aristotle, wrote a book about "making." In it, he used plays -- tragedies -- as his example of a complicated made thing, and he declared plot the "soul" of tragedy. He defined "plot" as the principle of arrangement for all the other parts.
Pitfalls of Agile XV: Size Does Matter
If I were to design a certification program for agile consultants (not that I think such a program would be helpful!), one of the first questions would be "Have you ever settled a discussion about iteration length or sprint size?" If someone were to answer no, that person has probably never consulted in a real-world project.
Windows Phone: Today or the Future?
Decision Making Under a Different "Hat"
Transforming Planning Approaches and Challenges
Where Do Complex Managers Come From?
Spending Billions on Cloud Computing
Are You Doing Architecture?
KM Boundaries Disappear
Recently, I wrote about the transition from a document-centric approach to knowledge management (KM) -- with its emphasis on content management systems (CMSs) and search engines -- to "social KM," in which, to quote myself: "It's not (just) what you know; it's who you know" ("It's Not (Just) What You Know; It's
Three Key Things to Know About Client Management
Suppliers want customers to know three key things about client management. Let's look at each in more detail.
MicroStrategy Transaction Services: Insight to Instant Action
In December of 2010, I discussed BI and data warehousing developments that companies should be examining (in 2011), including mobile BI (see "What Lies Ahead: BI and Data Warehousing Predict
On Making Gizmos
It's worthwhile (I think) to have clear language established and agreed upon for any discussion.
SoftBut
Cutter colleague Jens Coldewey recently published a very incisive Advisor entitled "Pitfalls of Agile
Devops: What, Why?
Developing software in a way that enables reliable, repeatable deployments should not be a radical idea. Like many named concepts, devops makes formal the practices of many successful teams. This is also true of software development practices for agile and lean, and devops shares some values with agile -- especially a focus on delivering value to the business.