methodology in comment and analysis
Is SOA testing tough enough?
Comment It's a business methodology more than a technological approach and lets organisations get more from existing systems. Improved efficiency, new services, access to legacy apps - the advantages of service-oriented architecture seem endless. [20 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Madness in the method
Comment Truth be told, it is the project that determines which is the best methodology to follow. I have even looked at follow-the-sun methodology, which is where you have teams in different parts of the world to speed up development by using every hour in... [19 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy
Comment Books and methodology can guide you but how you put a process into practice and monitor its effectiveness is at least as important, if not more so. They're wrong, says the Naked CIO. Proper process can give organisations an edge. [12 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Animal farm
Comment I have also created an elastic pipeline that lets teams using agile methodology apply capacity to high-priority items without affecting lower priority ones. That's fine in principle, says the Naked CIO. [25 Mar 2008]
How do you get your head around 'risk'?
Comment But in order for businesses to get the benefit of such a risk assessment it must be comprehensive and structured, so the methodology can be replicated and the process becomes scalable. Understanding where risk exists is a challenge for all... [06 Jul 2007]
Leader: CIOs' perceptions of the big vendors
Leader Some of the companies involved are more happy with our methodology than others. A few days back, this publication - and many others, we presume - was emailed some 'research' from a consultancy, ranking a number of large players in a major tech market. [22 Jun 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.06.06
Round-Up Impressive stuff, even if the methodology should make it clear this is far from a conclusive piece of research. The methodology was simple (to say the least). That equates to more than 300 every hour, 7,200 every day and more than 500,000 every week. [09 Jun 2006]
Analysis: Bringing IT in line with the business
Comment It is not a methodology per se - it is just advice and guidance. Anthony Plewes explains how IT service management can bring technology and business strategy together - and perhaps cut costs and increase an organisation's profitability. [07 Jun 2006]
Leader: Government sums don't add up
Leader But the Home Office also admitted getting that total is "not an exact science" and that there were "limitations" to the methodology used. It seems the Home Office - the government department tasked with the now thankless job of promoting the case... [02 Feb 2006]
How to make sure projects don't go down in flames
Comment The study found that successful companies not only have a project management methodology but ensure it is used throughout the entire organisation. The blame for project failures is often placed at the foot of inefficient project management. [04 Apr 2005]
What the business could learn from IT
Comment Paired programming, which is a central feature of the Extreme Programming methodology, involves two programmers working on the same piece of code, one checking the other's work as they go. Business departments wanting to improve their processes... [02 Mar 2005]
Opinion: How broad is broadband?
Comment This is an economic definition for the purposes of the market review, which conforms to established principles of competition law methodology. Broadband may be widely available in the UK - but how fast are these connections? [23 Feb 2005]
IT consulting: Keys to keeping projects on track
Comment By far the most common project management methodology is Prince 2 (PRojects IN a Controlled Environment). A healthy balance between formal methodology and hard-earned experience, says Stewart Baines. When it comes to project management, what... [08 Dec 2004]
IT consulting: Small firms flourishing
Comment Another consulting house, Exoftware, provides mentoring for companies who want to change the methodology of their software development processes with 'agile' techniques such as dynamic systems development methodology (DSDM) and extreme programming... [18 Nov 2004]
Gates Q&A: So what's up with Longhorn?
Comment We've got enough methodology in place that we decided that was the right thing to do. Shortly after announcing that the long-awaited Longhorn operating systems will ship in late 2006, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates spoke exclusively with silicon.com... [31 Aug 2004]
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