http://www.itworld.com/business-process xx http://www.itworld.com/development/55437/how-get-exec-buy-app-development-projects The software development department might envision a marvelous solution to the company's IT or business need, but the technology goal can't be achieved unless the Big Boss commits to the new strategy. How do you get there -- and ensure that the user need really is filled? http://www.itworld.com/development/55437/how-get-exec-buy-app-development-projects#comments Development News business process Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:02:59 -0400 ITworld staff 55437 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/54661/leadership-readiness-virtual-business Organizational leadership in the virtual firm is fundamentally different than leadership in an Industrial-Era firm. Don’t get me wrong, the works of Frederick Winslow Taylor and Peter Drucker laid the foundation to scientific process management principals. However, these bellwethers were coming at business theory during the Industrial Revolution. Their focus was on improving assembly line efficiencies, the core of most companies in their era. Today we seek to improve the flow of intelligence: intelligence on supply chain, customer satisfaction, distribution, research and development, and other processes. Business processes and how they interplay are at the core of the virtual business. http://www.itworld.com/business/54661/leadership-readiness-virtual-business#comments Business Virtualization Opinion business process leadership Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:55:54 -0400 Martha Young 54661 at http://www.itworld.com