The Waterfall model for system development has been a de facto standard since the 1970s. But did you know that Dr. Winston Royce, the man who is attributed with being the first computer scientist to formally describe the model, said in his famous 1970 paper that it doesn’t work? If you’re an advocate of the […]
The 3-Legged Stool of IT Business Value
During a meeting I attended while visiting an affiliate organization in the San Francisco area, the CEO shared his vision of business success as a three-legged stool of margin, sales and net profit. If any of the three legs of this stool are out of balance, revenues suffer and shareholder value declines. In The Ultimate […]
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