Robert Fabian

An embarrassingly high percentage of IT initiatives fail to deliver. Expectations are not met; opportunities are not realized. That

It is becoming increasingly clear that future work in IT will be shaped by standards. But standards can mean many different things.

Licensed professional engineers can be trusted to build bridges that go up according to plan and stay up. Some have proposed that same concept for software professionals - maybe licensing could be a means of indicating that they can be trusted to build software that goes up according to plan and stays up.

Agile development methodologies have attracted a growing number of converts. The discipline of these methodologies is internal, reducing the need for costly externalrn control. Work proceeds in small visible steps, making development responsive to changingrn user needs. And 'Agile' is one of the better ways to retain 'local' development.

Agile development methodologies have attracted a growing number of converts. The discipline is internal, reducing the need for costly external control.

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There is growing excitement about the practice of agile development. Impressive results have been achieved by agile teams, and today it