In this age of complex, entrenched IT infrastructure deployments, most organizations require a mapping between the business architecture and the IT architecture to meet business objectives. But is this a realistic goal? The December Cutter IT Journal will explore the challenges of business architecture/IT architecture alignment. We invite anyone who is interested to send us […]

I just can’t wait to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
The housing bubble bursts. The highly interconnected U.S. economy, overly dependent on overstated home values, buckles at the knees and is taking a standing eight-count. Stock prices are falling. Confidence in the market is waning. Global markets are impacted.
Time to batten down the hatches, […]

The subtitle of Extreme Programming Explained , Kent Beck’s groundbreaking book, is “Embrace Change.” The full range of behaviors that this seemingly simple phrase can be affect are in fact very far-reaching. Part of this impact can be explained by altering the focus of the phrase to one that is a […]