CIO Insider: How to Build Better Software
November 15, 2005
CIO Insider - Your Guide to What's New on CIO.com
Special Report: Fixing the Requirements Mess
As many as 71 percent of software projects that fail do so
because of poor requirements management, making it the
single biggest reason for project failure. Though CIOs are
rarely directly responsible for requirements management,
they are accountable for poor outcomes, which, when
requirements go bad, can include project delays, software
that doesn't do what it's supposed to and, worst of all,
software that may not work correctly when rolled out,
putting the business--and the CIO's job--at risk.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8382&PMID=39926418&s=2&f=1
Also in this issue of the Insider:
1. Software: Inside the Software Testing Quagmire
2. Testing: 11 Keys to Success
3. Vendors: The Business of Better Software
4. Essential Technology: Open Source Moves Up
5. New Technology: How to Be a First Mover (Successfully)
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1. Software: Inside the Software Testing Quagmire
Software testing reveals the human failings behind the code.
That's why it can become a never-ending exercise in denial.
Here are five questions that you can ask to help you cut
through to testing's root problems.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8384&PMID=39926418&s=2&f=1
2. Testing: 11 Keys to Success
Next to requirements, testing is the most overlooked, most
underfunded, most rushed, yet most critical aspect of the
software development cycle. Here are 11 ways to boost the
level of success.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8385&PMID=39926418&s=2&f=1
3. Vendors: The Business of Better Software
A group of leading software vendors has decided that part
of the answer to the problem of buggy software is better
quality control on its end. Radical!
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8386&PMID=39926418&s=2&f=1
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This section of the CIO Insider is sponsored by HP
Identity Management: An Increasing Requirement in the
Regulatory Compliance Challenge
Global lawmakers have implemented a series of wide-ranging
regulations that dramatically affect many businesses and
require them to navigate varying policies, processes, and
technologies to realize compliance. This IDC report reviews
specific regulations and the need to develop appropriate
compliance solutions.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7546&PMID=39926418&s=2&f=1
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4. Essential Technology: Open Source Moves Up
Is open source ready for ERP, business intelligence or CRM?
Ready or not, it's happening; the first industrial-grade
applications in these areas are now emerging. And CIOs will
soon need to decide how to approach these fresh options in
their enterprise software catalog.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8388&PMID=39926418&s=2&f=1
5. New Technology: How to Be a First Mover (Successfully)
Even Nicholas Carr--Mr. "IT Doesn't Matter"--admits in his
book that IT first movers have an opportunity to gain
competitive advantage. Whatever the motivation (necessity,
cost-savings, leapfrogging the competition), being an early
adopter involves significant risks as well as rewards. As
with bungee jumping, careful preparation can mitigate many
dangers. But at some point, you're still going to have to
take that big step off the bridge.�(From our cousin
publication CIO Asia.)
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8389&PMID=39926418&s=2&f=1
Thanks for reading the CIO Insider. The November 15 issue of
CIO magazine is online now. And so is a lot more. Find it
all at:
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Sandy Kendall
Web Editor
CIO Magazine
skendall@cio.com
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