Template/Policy

A Project Charter is an integral document to any initiative. This template will help clarify goals, determine guidelines, and establish milestones to keep a BPM implementation on track.

Solution Set

As development environments have evolved, the features included in ALM tools have evolved and grown. Ensure that you select the best Agile ALM solution for your enterprise needs.

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As development environments have evolved, the features included in ALM tools have evolved and grown.

Solution Set

The current financial climate is an area of concern for business leaders. While many cost saving strategies have been pursued already, there are still opportunities in this area for applications. The top tactics for cutting costs are zero-based...

Note

The current financial climate is an area of concern for business leaders. While many cost saving strategies have been pursued already, there are still opportunities in this area for applications. Focus on zero-based budgeting and eliminating...

Case Study

Outsourcing can be a viable option for enterprises looking to control costs and add value to an area where they might not have in-house expertise.

Video

This video introduces some of Info-Tech's new research on controlling application related costs in IT. Applications typically account for about 40% of the enterprise IT budget, therefore it faces a lot of scrutiny from senior management.

Note

Mid-Market Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond planning to support the work that's really getting done. It drives adoption and accountability from the bottom up.

Solution Set

Understand today's Mid-Market PPM market, where it's going, and what its leading vendors are doing.

Tool

Use this tool to generate a customized shortlist of mid-market PPM vendors based on the importance your organization places on product features and vendor attributes.

Note

Organizations expect quick response upon project and capital approval, so IT resource agility must be adequate to meet project demand variability. However, care must be taken to ensure that agility is not being invested in needlessly.

Solution Set

Project variability creates difficulty for the IT department when the organization expects quick response upon project and capital approval, but IT does not have the resources to act quickly.

Tool

This tool will help to determine whether your organization's current level of resource agility is adequate given the level of project demand variability in your environment.

Solution Set

Your clients will see significant benefits when you use Agile, but like other people involved, their roles will change. You must have client involvement throughout the Agile project lifecycle, even if it is by having a client representative present.

Tool

When determining if you are ready to try Agile, or if you are trying it but things aren't going well. This tool will assist you in determining whether you are ready as an organization and whether the right conditions exist to be successful with...

Note

Development leaders are jumping on the Agile bandwagon in droves based on the promise of success, shorter timelines, higher productivity, and greater client satisfaction; but are they really getting everything that has been promised?

Solution Set

The need for responsiveness is not always driven by a need for speed. Improvements to revenue generation, customer satisfaction, quality, and availability are also drivers.

Note

IT's traditional approach to doing projects and providing services tend to be cautious, controlled and thorough--for good reason--but not perceived to be in touch with this rapid-fire business environment. New, more agile methods need to be utilized.

Video

IT leaders are challenged with meeting business needs due to rapid change or growth, while effectively maintaining and improving essential IT services.

Template/Policy

This template provides an overview of the agile software development process, including a checklist guide for executing the process steps and the roles involved.

Job Description

The Product Owner is the final authority for decisions regarding priority, business value and functionality for the work done by the Agile development team.

Job Description

The TechScrum Master facilitates the TechScrum infrastructure support process to improve the responsiveness of infrastructure support and services teams.

Tool

This workbook enables the Scrum Master to maintain a record of all key information about an Agile project.

Tool

The IT Responsiveness Assessment tool assists IT organizations with determining where they can be more responsive and it provides advice for how on how to improve.

Finding an automated functional testing tool that suits the QA team's needs can be a confusing and complicated task. Sorting through vendors and product features quickly turns into a time consuming activity. Cut through the confusion and...

Note

Most enterprises have already seen success in virtualizing the low-hanging fruit in the data center. As the percentage of the data center that is virtualized increases, IT must focus on building an internal cloud that leverages virtualization...

(By Info-Tech Analysts Morgan Chmara, and Sarah Kearse- Printed with permission from Processor magazine www.processor.com) Let's be honest, no project ever moves forward without a hitch here and there. It seems like there is always the need for...

Small enterprises interested in automated functional testing can find it hard to sort through the many vendors and product offerings. Differentiating between the various product features for an appropriate solution that meets internal quality...

For many IT leaders interested in automated functional testing, sifting through the available vendor offerings and features for the appropriate tool is a difficult task. This research note evaluates Seapine Software QA Wizard Pro. Determine if...

Software developers that have invested in an automated functional testing tool often experience difficulty during implementation. Consider the common deployment mistakes and manage expectations for best results in the small enterprise.