Following up on my last post on Bimodal IT, I came across this excellent article from Jason Bloomberg with Intellyx, in alignment with my last post about the real nature of the relationship between Agile and Traditional IT. Jason states: Bimodal IT is simply an…

Lydia Leong with Gartner has posted this article identifying a compelling term in enterprise software development: bimodal IT, the emergence of new development in parallel with traditional internal practice. I agree wholeheartedly. However, I don’t agree with Lydia on this point: Bimodal IT also implies that…

I started reading “Enterprise Architecture as Strategy” recently because it’s a tempting title and, although it was published a while ago, I thought it would provide good academic reference for our work promoting the use of information systems to solve key problems within businesses. The introduction definitely…

Here’s a good article that appeared recently in Business Insider (originally posted by Lennie Pruss at RRE Ventures) discussing key concepts about the evolving role and importance of developers, as well as the increasingly strategic value of software created within the enterprise: As technology has shifted from enabler…

The curve above shows the progression of enterprise systems, from off-the-shelf vendor components on the left, to highly customized solutions on the right. The y-axis is scope. Off-the-shelf products such as Oracle and SAP ERP are large scope since they provide extensive, general…

IKEA is a powerful example of the strategic role of enterprise information systems. IKEA value principle of design and quality at competitive price, delivered through a unique, efficient, friendly customer experience is supported at every point by enterprise systems that…

Software engineers are a fundamental resource for businesses that produce software. They are a key source and driver of value for organizations. But, for companies that create software that’s mainly for internal use, i.e. operations and customer lifecycle management systems,…

Independent of the politics of the new Affordable Care Act, the development of software systems implementing the law sets a new precedent in important case studies for IT.  Here’s a fascinating quote from the New York Times on the importance…

As an enterprise software development program matures, it produces more and more effective output. At some point, as the value of this output continues to increase, the program begins to bridge across the classical accounting definitions of cost and profit…

“Let’s get all the stakeholders at the table” is a common charter when businesses decide collectively to invest in a software development effort to benefit business functions. It’s an important statement. Enterprise software is unique among all other forms of…