In an earlier post on Agile Enterprises, I covered this briefly.This post intends to fully take up the subject .
Here are some of the major engineering issues that arise parallel/outsourced development scenario.
Concurrent Engineering
We want to be able to develop solution parts, capabilities in parallel. In case of a distributed development environment, this becomes rather […]

IT News has this article on compliance, Top Down Compliance .
The problem with compliance is that you not only need to be compliant, but you also need to prove that you are.

You need to manage risk, and also prove that you are doing so.
You need auditability and visibility, and have to fight business blindness
You need […]

BPMG.org has this post on How Agile Enterprise Addresses the Challenges of the 21st Century. Now, now, how can any talk of Enterprise Agility leave behind business rules from the picture.
Five major trends in the industry identified in the post are these.

Shrinking Business Cycles - A Need for Speed
Commoditization of Products and Services - Need […]

Software as a Service (SaaS) is an interesting area to learn about. Fred Chong writes regularly about SaaS. In one of his posts, he has written about Practical Limits for Configurability for SaaS applications.
He defines 3 aspects that define configurability for a hosted solution.

Capability to modify behavior through Code Upload
Supply New business logic
Change business […]

John Reynolds writes about the Fear of the Unseen in his blog over at java.net. So, this is how he starts.
Many problems that businesses have with software seem to involve visibility. The role that specific software components play within an organization are often hidden, obscured, or just plain forgotten.
and goes on to say this.
I […]

Complex Event Processing (CEP) is an area that I had been thinking about for quite some time. I had been wanting to write about how the Business Rules technology relates to CEP.
If you do not know CEP, here are some useful links.

CEP Articles
CEP Usecases.

There are many use cases discussed in the above post. Let me […]

I was checking this article in Computer Weekly, which argues why Finance teams need to kick the spreadsheet habit .
Here is an excerpt.
Although spreadsheets are cheap, companies pay dearly in the time taken to produce reports. Over half of mid-sized companies take three or more months to complete their annual budget, rising to 68% for […]

Evan Schuman writes in EWeek about Multichannel E-Commerce Inefficiency Can No Longer Be Ignored. Thinking about it, here is what flew across my mind.
Lets look at the problem.

Increasingly, customers are shopping across multiple channels (Web, Store, Telephone)
Customer Databases across channels are not shared.
Integration is a weak point, and in many cases, non-existent.

Now, see this excerpt.
Is […]

Does Technology make Managers lazy?
Is SOA the Magic potion that business need to drink?

Both and neither, is what I would say.One interesting quote that the first post provides is this.
I once spoke with a consultant who told me about working with the British military. Years ago, if you were becoming an officer, you were sent […]

I have been going through the IIBA website, and have started reading the  IIBA Body of Knowledge to understand more about Business Analysts.
Many organizations employ Business Analysts who act as a liaison between the business stakeholders and the IT. Business Analysts play a crucial role in organizations, and are typically at the center of the […]