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Ten Key Steps to Effective Succession Planning sponsored by Halogen Software WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn 10 Key Steps to Effective Succession Planning. It also discusses best practices, replacement planning, talent pools, and the aging workforce. Posted: 21 Aug 2008 \| Published: 20 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Employee Monitoring \| Human Resources Services \| Performance Testing \| Program Management \| Sales \| Succession Planning \| Workforce Planning

Application Lifecycle Management for the Enterprise: Serena's Approach to ALM 2.0 sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: ALM has made software development projects more successful over the past twelve years, but statistics show there is still room for improvement. See how Serena's ALM approach can help your organization overcome the shortcomings of traditional ALM tools. Posted: 07 May 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Life-Cycle Management Software \| Program Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Project Management \| Telecommunications Software \| Web Services

Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Trade study analysis is an effective method of comparing potential solutions to a given problem. Using a model-driven approach allows you to perform trade studies before development or implementation begins and saves time, money, and development headaches. Read on to learn more. Posted: 14 May 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Decision Support Systems \| Model Driven Architecture \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Software \| Systems Design and Development

Creating and managing value-driven product portfolios sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The product portfolio decisions you make today will determine whether your company is relevant tomorrow. To increase the chances of marketing a successful product, organizations must deliver products and services to the consumers they value the most, and they must provide those deliverables when their consumers want them. Read on to learn more. Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| Published: 23 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Processes \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Product Development \| Product Life Cycles \| Product Management \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management

Enterprise Performance Management: Joining Planning and Reporting for Superior Results sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this paper on enterprise performance to learn about financial and reporting requirements, when to adopt integrated enterprise performance management processes and system software, and hear about customer examples. Posted: 05 May 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 TOPICS: Business Development \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Enterprise \| Enterprise Architectures \| Enterprise Content Management \| Enterprise Systems \| Performance Testing \| Reporting Software

The Top 3 Cost-Cutting Mistakes CIOs Make And How to Avoid Them sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute it flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value as IT budgets fall. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 03 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Manufacturing \| Project Management \| ROI \| Software Development Methodologies

How Professional Services Add Value to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Projects sponsored by Intermec WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how qualified service providers can add value to RFID projects, highlights some of the planning issues and considerations that call for experienced advice, and provides guidance to the types of services available and how to differentiate service providers. Posted: 04 Mar 2009 \| Published: 04 Mar 2009 TOPICS: 802.11 \| Data Collection \| ERP \| Handheld Devices \| IT Consulting Services \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Product Life Cycles \| Project Management \| Quality Control \| RFID \| ROI \| TCO \| WLAN

The Business of Sustainability: Information Technology as a Catalyst for Short and Long-Term Profitability sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read how SAP software can help your company manage risks and exploit operational and business opportunities regarding social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Posted: 22 Jul 2009 \| Published: 03 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Structures \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Using Master Data in Business Intelligence sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Improve planning, building, and deploying a master data management (MDM) environment. Consider an evolutionary – rather than revolutionary – approach to MDM, and examine how to use MDM with business intelligence applications and an underlying data warehousing environment to improve decision making. Posted: 18 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Warehouses \| Database Administration \| Master Data Management

Leaning IT : Applying the Principle of "Pull" to Scale Agile Teams sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: Is your organization ready for this Agile "means to an end" or is Agile adoption inadvertently creating a classic "fix that fails?" Can Agile truly work at the Program level? This white paper is based on actual experiences of professionals who helped steer many of the largest Agile implementations done over the last five years. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 03 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Collaborative Product Development \| Customer Data Management \| Enterprise Content Management \| Model Driven Architecture \| Productivity \| Project Management \| Software Development Methodologies