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IT Strategy on Ulitzer As organizations modernize to meet computing demands, they face enormous challenges when it comes the topic of retiring old applications. Consigning old applications to the backburner in favor of newer, safer, more stable, and more user-friendly systems is never as easy as it sounds. Most CIOs and tech department heads share this challenge – and the problem is more pronounced when the confines of regulatory, budget, and time requirements are taken into consideration. Due to the tricky nature of retiring legacy systems, managing the retirement of these systems must be completed in stages, and not by adopting an overly simplistic unplug-and-play approach. So how should a legacy application retirement project proceed? While there are in fact no hard and fast rules, here are some general tips for you: 1) Consider why you are retiring an applicati... (more)

Seven Things You Need to Know About Development Project Estimations

Whether you are a project manager planning for a smooth implementation of a plan or a project sponsor on whose decisions a project depends, you cannot escape from the fact that project estimation is essential to its success. In the first place, there are three basic requirements that a project must satisfy: schedule, budget, and quality. The need to work within these essential project boundaries poses a huge challenge to everyone in the central management team. There are various aspects that affect project estimates, such as team skills and experience levels, available technolog... (more)

Five Ways to Incorporate CMMI with Agile Methods

There is a common misconception that CMMI and Agile are polar opposites. One relies on institutionalization and documentation of processes and methodologies, while the other emphasizes interaction among workers and “working software over comprehensive documentation” (Agile Manifesto). Process documentation and institutionalization is the lifeblood of CMMI, and it is often used in critical software development life cycles. On the other hand, the Agile approach is called into action when a project features incremental changes, particularly those that have not been included in ini... (more)

Seven Questions to Ask Before Building an IT Strategy

Even as modern economic activities rely heavily on sound IT strategies, many organizations fail to take advantage of the many opportunities that technology can provide. For instance, some types of can improve processes and profit margins. Clearly, there is a gap between the availability of infrastructure, and what enterprises actually need to overhaul at their place of business to benefit cash flow. Before formulating your company's IT strategy, there are a few questions that you should ask. Is the strategy too generic? IT organizations hardly cater to just one type of need, on... (more)

SaaS: Revolutionizing the Way You Do Business

What can SaaS (Software as a Service) offer your organization? Review the countless benefits offered by this revolutionary software deployment model to determine if SaaS merits a test-drive. As you may know, Software as a Service (SaaS) is a method for delivering software applications to customers over the Internet. However, since SaaS solutions have only been available for approximately seven years, many information technology (IT) people – as well as company managers and owners - know very little about SaaS due to its recent emergence. Therefore, two key issues will determine ... (more)