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This content is derived from material presented in a ThoughtWorks-sponsored webcast in June 2008. A two minute video presentation of this m...

The longer an IT project is expected to take, the greater the risk of moral hazard : i.e., that IT will provide poor information to its busi...

In the wake of a credit market seizure, illiquid investments, $245 billion of write-downs and losses 1 , collapsing funds and financial inst...

IT is primarily a business of people solving problems during the creation of assets that increase Ebitda . Problem solving requires talent,...

The cost of IT is often confused with its value. Consider earned value management : delivery, time and cost are combined in an attempt to be...

We tend to consider an IT project successful if it is delivered “on time and on budget.” From an IT governance perspective, however, this d...

With the cost of capital on the rise, the need to focus on returns is much more acute. Unfortunately, IT has not traditionally excelled at...

Bernoulli’s Theorem holds that the potential power that can be produced by a turbine or rotor is equal to the cube of the velocity with whic...

In recent years, Michael Milken has turned his attention to health and medicine. Earlier this year, the Milken Institute released a report...

US based IT departments are facing turbulent times. The cost efficiencies achieved through global sourcing face a triple threat to their fun...

Pharmaceutical companies do not successfully deliver drugs just because they hire a lot of highly skilled researchers in lab coats. They del...