I’ve been thinking a lot recently about all the stuff that happens outside of traditional enterprise applications. Enterprise software (ERP, CRM, etc) has become good at solving most of the structured work needs in organizations. But, many business problems today…
I’m a long time BlackBerry user and recently switched to Android. My trackball died, the phone was scratched up, and BB did not offer with my carrier some of the love I wanted, so I looked for an alternative. First…
Despite my assumption that cloud computing will take some time for larger companies to adopt, I do believe we are eventually heading there. But can BPaaS replace BPMS’s? David Lampers has an interesting take on the idea that allows for…
My brother sent me an email the other day asking the above question. As I thought about my reply, I really did not know how to answer him. I think he was asking where I host my business web site,…
Cloud computing has been held up as the next great leap organizations should take. Yet, I see few using these offerings for other than standard applications, pre-built features and some non-critical and departmental applications. Customized enterprise applications and those that…
I hear many businesses that are interested in ‘doing something with SharePoint.’ That is kind of like saying I’d like to deploy a Swiss army knife. Depending on what the goals of the business are, SharePoint can be a lot…
One page summaries of the values of agile software development.
If you have not already read the philosophies of 37Signals’ development, it is time well spent. You can read Getting Real on-line. It overviews the software development ideas that created such programs such as Ruby on Rails and Basecamp. Using simple language and numerous case studies,…
Is the cost of software defects driven more by time than the stage of its discovery?
Business Process Management (BPM) application suites push the power of design, execution and improvement of processes toward business users. You’ve invested a bunch of time, energy and money on your enterprise systems over the years. As soon as those implementations…