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Business Schools and Information Technology

I was sitting in on a meeting of the Information Technology and Operations Management ( ITOM ) curriculum committee at SMU the other day. One of the interesting things that has happened at business schools across the country is that they have reduced...

Published 11-11-2009 11:39 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business process modeling , Business value generation , Cloud Computing , Trends, Applications, Modeling, business rules, Business-IT Alignment

Case Management Process Modeling Challenges

The Object Management Group (OMG) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Case Management Process Modeling specification. This RFP will require the integration of process models, data models and rules to provide guidance and record the history...

Published 09-28-2009 7:57 AM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Business process modeling , Standards, Modeling, BPM, knowledge-driven process, convergence, business rules, case management

SOA and Cloud: Business Necessity for Small to Medium Sized Businesses

The synergy of service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud computing will make small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) a competitive threat to their large siblings. I define SOA as integrating sharable business capabilities across organizational boundaries...

Published 08-31-2009 11:15 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Agility, Enterprise Architecture , Business process outsourcing , Cloud Computing , Outsourcing , SOA , Value chain , Modeling

Renewed Discussion of an OMG Organization Modeling Specification

A new draft specification has been submitted to the OMG (Object Management Group) in response to the Organization Structure Metamodel RFP (Request for Proposals) . This specification takes an approach that may be well-suited to the dynamic and evolving...

Published 08-18-2009 6:14 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Modeling, organization model, Organizational relationships

Axum - New Parallel Programming Language from Microsoft

I mentioned last week that I am trying to develop a better understanding of parallel coding issues and approaches. Microsoft has a new language for parallel programming in the works named Axum . It was formerly known as "Maestro". There is a...

Published 06-23-2009 1:30 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Development, Modeling, Parallel computing

Operational Automation will Always Win Out in the End

When I think about the current discussion about moving work off-shore I think of it as a cost saving tactic that will happen, but will eventually be overcome by events. Having an on-site workforce is expensive and will continue to go up over time (inflation...

Published 08-04-2007 12:16 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Emerging technologies , Outsourcing , Development, Modeling, man-machine interface

The English language and software architecture advancement

I was in a meeting with some of the other EDS fellows the other day and we were talking about software architectures and the changes that are underway in how people think about them. During the conversation, we were talking about the data centric view...

Published 11-16-2005 10:40 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Modeling, Architecture

Modeling and application development

Many times I've blogged about modeling being foundational to the Next Big Thing. This entry on the From 9 till 2 blog was a useful coverage of the value and future of software modeling. A little long, but good.

Published 11-12-2005 2:48 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Development, Modeling

Business by wire and gaming

Gaming and computing are headed for a collision course. There have been articles stating that the number of students majoring in computer science (CS) has dropped by around 50 percent since the 1980s. Enrollment in the 2003-04 academic year was down 10...

Published 10-13-2005 4:11 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business process modeling , SOA , Modeling

Tools for the business analyst - an unaddressed market?

One of the sad facts of the dot com era was the demise of the business analyst in many organizations. For some reason, the business analysts' skills in a specific industry and their ability to talk with clients in their own language was no longer...

Published 09-30-2005 7:14 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Modeling

Development processes in the future

EDS has spent quite a bit of effort working with Microsoft on the next generation of its MSF process, version 4.0. David Anderson (one of the MS team working on it) has a useful blog entry about how it is different than other approaches. One of the minor...

Published 09-19-2005 11:25 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Development, Modeling

Ever shifting workforce

Labor day in the US brings to mind the need to think about the labor market in general. As the world continues to flatten, the world's workforce continues to shift as new markets become available. This shift forces a continued reassessment of the...

Published 09-08-2005 9:51 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Communications , Modeling

Model Based Management

Today’s business requires that enterprises be able to adapt quickly to changing markets, economics and technology. At the same time, an enterprise may consist of many business partners and globally distributed operations. Not only is the business complex...

Published 08-20-2005 3:09 AM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Business value generation , Development, Modeling

Business Process Management and the effect on Corporate Business and IT

The future holds more for business process management (BPM) than just being a linkage between the business side of an organization and the Information Technology (IT) support team. It will need to stand firmly in both camps enabling new levels of business...

Published 08-17-2005 11:30 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business value generation , Modeling

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