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Virtually
every business depends on software – for its day-to-day
operations, to sell its products or to interact with its
customers. Or, maybe software is your business- developing
product for third parties, government agencies or
specialization industries. Either way, software has gone from
being a sideshow to being the main event.
Because
software is central to so many of today’s business, managing
software development is one of the most significant challenges
your company faces. The complexity of today’s software
requirements- and the fact that any application invariably
links to other business projects and processes- requires
multiple teams working on different facets of an application
simultaneously. It’s the only way to get everything done.
One-size-fits-all
applications have all but vanished. Its very likely you need
to develop variants of your core product- simultaneously- for
different customers.
And
then there’s e-business. The challenges of maintaining an
effective Web site, creating solid back-end application and
developing browser applets adds more dimensions of complexity
than you ever thought possible. Team members could be anywhere
in the world. And they are developing content for every kind
of user and platform. Plus they have to do it all on Internet
Time- changes and update that never stop and that need to be
done NOW!!
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