Truth and myth about agile

Truth and myth about agile

Agile is popular and the web is brimming with information about it. Due to so much information it is not easy for a newbie who wants to get involved with agile development to decide how to begin or to distinguish between truth and myth. To make it even more confusing there are conflicting facts - what someone claims is the truth, someone else declares a myth and vice versa. -- MonitorPro summer 2012, p. 22-23...
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Heaps of data

Heaps of data

A hot topic related to data management is the ability to deal with huge volumes of data. We are talking about such huge volumes of data that we can barely manage them with current technologies in reasonable response times. New technologies that have become available are more suited for working with such huge amounts of data. They can be meaningfully applied to uncover hidden patterns in data and implement business intelligence solutions. -- MonitorPro magazine, spring 2012, p. 28-31...
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Agile program and portfolio management

Agile program and portfolio management

The business environment is changing at a fast pace and projects are not always up to date with achieving business goals. Agile project management ensures quick results that satisfy stakeholder requirements in a timely manner. On top of that we should also implement agile program and portfolio management which ensures that a collection of projects follows the constant changing requirements of the business environment. -- paper presented at the International Conference on Organizational Science Development, March 21 – 23, 2012...
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Data warehousing is a mature information infrastructure

Data warehousing is a mature information infrastructure

Data warehousing has matured to the point where it has become required as a necessary part of business information infrastructure. No longer are data warehouses regarded as a new and untried concept. In recent years we have seen developments in technologies, methodologies, architectures, approaches and ways of using the data warehouse. But this does not mean that everything is known and there are no new challenges to address. -- MonitorPro fall 2011, p. 37-39...
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Data warehouse maintenance

Data warehouse maintenance

Data warehouses must be constantly kept up to date – on the one hand due to changing business requirements and on the other hand due to technological advances. We can say that a warehouse is never really completed. Maintaining a data warehouse may in time become even more demanding than its initial implementation. How do we approach this challenge? -- MonitorPro fall 2011, p. 40-41  ...
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How to segment customers

How to segment customers

Customer segmentation is becoming a popular topic. As with anything new there are many misconceptions, misunderstandings and too little clarity. Each stakeholder has their own definition of segmentation and each understands it in a different way. The basics are actually always the same and the required tools are known and established. -- Article published in MonitorPro summer 2011, p. 24-26...
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