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.
Overmanaged and Underled
Jeff Scott
Service-Oriented Architecture: Part IV -- Development and Ownership
Tom Welsh
Service-Oriented Architecture series: Part I -- Awareness and Plans
Sarbanes-Oxley: More than Meets the Eye
Claudia Imhoff
The Path to "Healthy" Projects
David Hussman
The Software Modeling Revival: How to Avoid Being Stranded in the Desert
E.M. Bennatan
The Software Modeling Revival series: How to Avoid Being Stranded in the Desert
Can Outsourcing Business Intelligence Pay Off?
Ken Collier
Editor's Note: This Executive Update is adapted from the 2003 Cutter Consortium Business Intelligence Advisory Service Executive Report"Outsourcing Your Business Intelligence: Maximize Impact and Minimize Investment." We believe you'll find it to be a thought-provoking piece on business intelligence (BI) activities as candidates for outsourcing.
The Value of Clear, Consistent Communication
Jonathan Gordon
Companies and their suppliers interact daily about a variety of issues, including logistics, product specs, pricing, lead times, change orders, and so on. This exchange of information often occurs between numerous individuals across multiple functions and business units, making coordination of communication and decision making both difficult and critical.
Why IT Is Now a Board-Level Concern
Richard Nolan
Most of the average company's capital investment portfolio is tied to information technology, and organizations today can't do without their information systems.
When Best Practices Become Worst Practices
David Constant
Radical Management and Strategy: Part VII -- Who Owns What?
Steve Andriole
Radical Management and Strategy series: Part I: What We're Doing with the New Stuff
Radical Management and Strategy: Part VI -- Do We Understand the Finance Numbers?
Steve Andriole
Radical Management and Strategy series: Part I: What We're Doing with the New Stuff
Paving the Way for Change: Improved ROI
Robert Pillar
MDA Now Wears Combat Boots
Michael Guttman
Service-Oriented Architecture: Part III -- Strengths and Weaknesses
Tom Welsh
Service-Oriented Architecture series: Part I -- Awareness and Plans
A Game of Truth or Consequence: The Value of Testing
Tom Burzinski
How Do Data Warehousing Practices Affect BI Efforts?
Curt Hall
How well do an organization's data warehousing practices support enterprise business intelligence (BI) efforts? In April 2004, Cutter Consortium conducted a survey of 145 worldwide end-user organizations on the adoption and use of data warehousing and BI technology in an effort to answer this question.
Software Teams -- Your Most Important Asset: Part III: Evolve or Dissolve
E.M. Bennatan
Software Teams -- Your Most Important Asset series: Part I -- The "Make or Break" of a Project
Why Teamwork Remains Hit or Miss
Christopher Avery
Sourcing Strategies for Utility Computing Solutions
Jeffrey Kaplan
Utility computing has been named one of the top 10 technology trends of this decade. Yet many business executives and even some IT executives are still uncertain about what utility computing means and are unsure of its future impact on their IT operations and business objectives.
Does the CMM Influence Outsourcing Decisions?
Robert Charette
Is the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Software Capability Maturity Model® (SW-CMM®) influencing outsourcing decisions?
Offshore Outsourcing -- Trends and Fallout: Part II
Ed Yourdon
Offshore Outsourcing -- Trends and Fallout series: Part I
Outsourcing Value and Management: Part IV
Danny Ertel