Friday’s Top 5

Project Management Best Practices: An Introduction to PMBOK & PRINCE 2

CIOUpdate guest columnists Haydn Thomas and Julie Tilke of CA lay out the basics of the two most recognized PM best practices guidelines in use today, as part of this six-part series on the project management.

Project Management Best Practices: An Introduction to COBIT

In this sixth and final part of our project management series CIOUpdate guest columnists Haydn Thomas and Julie Tilke of CA explain the value of COBIT and similar IT management methodologies have for project management and IT in general.

The 9 Requirements for a Successful SOA Deployment

CIOUpdate guest columnist Kamran Ozair of MindTree Consulting lays out the nines areas you have to consider to succeed with SOA.

Outsourcing’s Seven-Year Itch

As many have found in the past few years, outsourcing is no magic bullet, but you can reap its benefits if you approach it for what it is, writes CIOUpdate columnist Julie Craig of Enterprise Management Associates.

Five Hot Trends in 2008

While these five trends are familiar, 2008 should see them maturing to become forces in their own right, not just sideline fads that may or may not make a difference to your operations.