Businesses have traditionally run on two types of technology platforms, analytical and transactional. But neither was designed to handle the increasingly complex sequence of real-time interactions required by today’s business applications. As a result, leading businesses are quickly moving toward a new third kind of platform – the “system of engagement” – especially for their customer-facing apps. In this whitepaper, […]

Nearly every industry today is in the midst of a digital disruption driven by the unprecedented acceleration of new technology. This unstoppable transformation is redefining the rules of success and driving customer expectations higher every day. This Couchbase report reveals that to remain competitive – or even to remain in existence – businesses have no choice but to deliver consistently […]

Introducing the Engagement Database – and why it’s a vital part of your digital transformation. Digital transformation is changing everything for customers. Their interactions. Their transactions. And most importantly, their expectations. Yesterday’s experience won’t bring customers back today. And yesterday’s transactional and analytical databases certainly can’t deliver the exceptional experiences those customers will demand tomorrow. Get your Engagement Database whitepaper […]

Managing software projects is difficult under the best circumstances. The project manager must balance competing stakeholder interests against the constraints of limited resources and time, changing technologies and high-pressure demands. Anyone can learn to draw a Gantt chart, but effective project managers rely on the savvy that comes from experience. Learning survival tips from people who’ve already done their tours […]

Every year, the complexity of projects increases. The average requirements document is over 100 pages long and changes 20 times during the development process. Any Business Analyst or Project Manager responsible for maintaining a requirements document will likely spend hours circulating, editing and tracking changes – often using Word, Excel or email – with the hope that the team stays […]

Executing a successful development program on time and on budget has always been a challenge for government agencies and partners in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. With today’s relatively flat economy, globalization, product sophistication and the continuing emergence of new technologies, the level of complexity in A&D product development is now staggering. Additional complications include complex contract vehicles, intricate […]

What do golf and automotive software have in common? To the novice, seemingly nothing. However, the commonalities are more profound than expected. Consider common traits of golf and ISO 26262 as experienced by this author: • Both seem easy to start up, but complexities befuddle beginners • Both seem cheap to engage in initially, but become more expensive once they […]

Compliance standards, especially those that involve relatively new functional safety elements, will likely add additional requirements to the development process. But ISO 26262, in particular, will add more than new requirements to the product life cycle for automotive hardware-software systems. This Functional Safety standard will act as a framework impacting integrated requirements traceability, risk management, validation, verification, documentation and collaboration […]