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Practical Enterprise Architecture: The Civil Engineering of IT

John Chi-Zong Wu

A practical enterprise architecture, or PEA, works from the inside out (i.e., starting with the common IT resources to support the applications systems) rather than from the outside in (i.e., designing the applications systems toward the common IT resources).


Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals: Part V -- Functionality and Features

Curt Hall
  Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals series: Part I

Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals: Part IV -- Use of Portal Products

Curt Hall
  Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals series: Part I

One for You and One for Me: Process-Area Governance

Thomas Cagley, Jr.

Organizations outsource software development and maintenance work primarily for two reasons: cost savings and staff augmentation. 1 Ceding control of people and processes is rarely among the reasons; however, it is the most common feature of outsourcing arrangements.


Outsourcing Value and Management: Part I

Danny Parker
  Outsourcing Value and Management series: Part I Part II

Is 2004 "The Year of MDA?"

Michael Guttman