Find analysis of data from Cutter's ongoing industry research efforts, brief treatments of topics that don't require the in-depth research of an Executive Report, updates on previously-covered topics, and more, in 2-4 page Executive Updates.
Measuring Up to Metrics: Part I -- How I Became a Missourian
E.M. Bennatan
Measuring Up to Metrics series:Part I -- How I Became a MissourianPart II -- Are Software Organizations Managing by Data?
Predictable Surprises
Robert Charette
Recent enterprise risk management (ERM) snafus illustrate the importance of organizational preparedness in the face of surprise. Consider the following examples.
Using the Retrospective for Positive Change
Diana Larsen
Agile: Changing the Organization
David Spann
Human Interaction During Testing on Two Continents
Thomas Cagley, Jr.
Enterprise Architectures: Central to Successful ERM&G
Robert Charette
Balancing Governance and Innovation
Cassian Drew
Human Interaction During Testing on Two Continents
Thomas Cagley, Jr.
Software Indemnification and End-User Risk
Nick Christenson
Where Has Strategy Gone?
Kenneth Rau
Web Services Management Products: Part I -- The Big Players
Tom Welsh
Web Services Management Products: Part I -- The Big Players
Web Services Management Products: Part II -- Startups and Specialists
Tom Welsh
Web Services Management Products: Part I -- The Big Players
BI Trends and Futures
Brian Dooley
Using the Retrospective for Positive Change
Diana Larsen
In every organization, upper levels of leadership are deeply involved with continuous organizational change. In response to rapidly variable internal and external business needs, leaders seek ways to improve processes, quality, and customer relationships.
Agile: Changing the Organization
David Spann
A New Era of Software Project Management: Part III -- Agile Project Management and the Stealth Fighter
E.M. Bennatan
A New Era of Software Project Management series: Part I -- Are We Adjusting?
Absorbing Sarbanes-Oxley Within the Agile Community
Charles Butler, Gary Richardson
Offshoring and the Collaborative Enterprise: Impacts on Delivering Business Value
Tushar Hazra
While it is true that, to some extent, outsourcing reduces the expectation of job security among today's IT practitioners, there is also a bright side. Outsourcing can allow a workforce to reach out from a regional to a national to a global environment and build an extended enterprise that efficiently utilizes people, processes, and technology.