Modifying the Lombardi Teamworks’ Coach brings the project very close to the intersection of two paths. Custom versus Off-The-Shelf software development software development has been at the crux of many discussion in the recent past. In one direction, just the right amount of technology and custom code is added to achieve necessary and required effect […]
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Let’s refer back to the list we included in the first post in this series on IT Transformation: Define the enterprise architecture – how the systems fit together to provide the business solutions that the business units demand, Manage the delivery of code for specific software packages – as part of cross-functional business/IT teams that
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Technology is changing at a rapid pace in the current business environment and businesses have to make sure that their technology implementations support the latest IT trends but only those which are absolutely needed to boost their business and provide greater return on investments. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a latest trend which promises to
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In my previous post, I wrote about the Business Process Life-Cycle, which looks at a process and its growth to maturity. In this post, I discuss a BPM implementation from an enterprise-wide perspective at a high-level. A enterprise BPM implementation is unlike the traditional software development. For one thing, the end-users need to get involved
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Service Oriented Architecture is now a common concept, it appeals to common sense, and its not hard to see the reason for it. But, before rushing into a big-bang implementation of SOA, an organization needs to go through a self-assessment to understand where to start, and what to expect. Here is a basic guide for
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