computerworld
ExEcutivE
BriEfings
Managing for Agility
Turning on a dime to make a dollar,
organizations are learning to adjust to new
demands at a moment’s notice.
executive summary
Stretching Those Organizational Muscles . . . . . . . . . . . 2
the view from above
Be Quick, Be Robust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
BreakingThroughInertia .......................... 6
Toward More Innovative IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
firm control of agile systems
Agile by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
InformingtheSupplyChain ....................... 12
Hasty Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
using the agile toolbox
FlexingOldSystems ............................. 16
Service-Oriented Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Vendors on On-Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Real-Time Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Thin-ClientProvisioning ......................... 23
strategic insights from the editors of computerworld
