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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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Denis Martin
Vishal Sharma
William Bumbernick
Tom Cecere
Andy Nguyen
Craig Thompson
Darryl S. Brown
Eric Z. Maass
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