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Seven Steps to Achieving Better Requirements Engineering in Your Organization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Requirements engineering is about more than just analyzing documenting requirements. It is an important and multifaceted part of systems engineering that broadens the product development process. Companies that successfully introduce a new requirements engineering process don't just change their process and technology; they change their thinking. Posted: 13 May 2009 \| Published: 31 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Collaborative Product Development \| Communications Software \| Product Design \| Product Development \| Product Life Cycles \| Standards

Winning the Global Challenge: The Japanese Electronics Companies'Race to Innovate sponsored by IBM Line of Business WHITE PAPER: Japanese electronics companies (JEC) are taking bold action to regain market share,profitability and their place as global innovators. Download this IBM Institute for Business Value Study to learn how JECs are transforming their businesses. Posted: 29 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: Business Management \| Customer Service \| Electronics Industry \| Product Development \| Productivity

Creating and managing value-driven product portfolios - Improving product portfolio management to optimize your products, services and projects sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The best products to offer are those that provide a high level of value for both you and your customer. Companies with successful product portfolios often utilize a systematic process to effectively guide which projects are selected. This whitepaper explains how you can take advantage of a value-driven approach to product portfolio management. Posted: 13 May 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Executive Information Systems \| PLM \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Product Development \| Product Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Development Tools

Requirements Engineering for the Automotive Industry sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores requirements engineering and its groundbreaking role in product development and engineering for the industrial segment. It discusses the best practices and benefits of requirements engineering, and how automotive manufacturers can overcome today's quality and cost challenges using those best practices. Posted: 13 May 2009 \| Published: 31 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Collaborative Product Development \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Systems \| OEMs \| Product Design \| Product Development \| Product Life Cycles \| Project Management

The Agile Project Manager sponsored by VersionOne Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the transition. Posted: 08 Jun 2009 \| Published: 08 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Collaboration \| Product Development \| Product Management \| Project Management \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Project Management \| Strategic Planning

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

Secure Search: Balancing Security with the Need for Information Access sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper summarizes the issues of secure search for large organizations and explores the pros and cons of traditional enterprise search versus federated search. Posted: 10 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 May 2008 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Information Management \| Product Development \| Security

The Third Stakeholder: The End-User's Impact on CRM ROI sponsored by Knoa Software WHITE PAPER: CRM solutions, like Siebel, automate complex business processes where high levels of application performance are crucial. Read this whitepaper to learn best practices in Siebel CRM Performance Management. Posted: 07 Sep 2007 \| Published: 07 Sep 2007 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Monitoring Software \| Application Performance Management \| Best Practices \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| CIOs \| CRM \| User Experience \| Workflow Software

Design Reuse: The Key to Building Better Products Faster sponsored by PTC Small/Med Product Development WHITE PAPER: Learn how design reuse can save up to 75% of modeling time, improve product quality and time-to-market and reduce the risk of fundamental errors in this feature article. Posted: 30 Oct 2008 \| Published: 30 Oct 2008 TOPICS: CAD/CAM Industry \| Data Storage \| Enterprise Systems \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Software \| PDM \| PLM \| SMBs

The New Face of IT Service Management: Aligning Business, Development and Operations Teams for Strategic Advantage sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This research shows that a lack of trust in IT's ability to deliver business value is one of the biggest hurdles that enterprises face in bringing IT and business closer together. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Change Management \| IT Service Management \| SOA