In many organizations, functions are king and getting work done cross-functionally is difficult at best. For years companies have tried to solve this problem by changing the culture or restructuring, but functional silos still don't necessarily cooperate with one another. Business processes are riddled with rework and long cycle times; projects are late and don't satisfy their customers. This paper discusses what it takes to make it all work, including getting alignment around goals, projects, and roles, achieving collaborative management, and what's required of individuals.
Did you find this white paper useful?
22 out of 50 users found this white paper useful
Related white papers
Integrated Change & Release Management
Short deadlines and constant change epitomize the challenges of software and systems development. Routine change increases the propensity for error, and tight timelines can magnify issues.This report looks shows that...
Ovum Report: IBM Simplfies Service Management to facilitate business and IT
All too often, companies find their IT infrastructure is fragmented and confused. Different parts of the business have different silos of data and applications, with no integrated vision joining them...
Managing SOA application service levels, performance and availability
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables IT to increase agility and to lower costs. However, because of the added complexity, you need to manage SOA services and applications built with SOA...
Software Quality Management for SOA: Enterprise quality managers take the helm
SOA brings challenges for every part of the IT organization, and the IT quality organization is no exception. SOA requires quality management across all types of testing--functional, performance, security...
The eight most important best practices in SOA governance
The technologies used by IT to create Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) are maturing. They are found to be robust and reliable. SOA governance provides a framework for making and applying the...
Podcast: Building the James Webb Space Telescope
When the Webb Telescope takes off for its perch in space, it will be operated by some 200,000 lines of software code. Since a system failure would involve a...
Introduction to Project Management
Master the best practices of project management. Description: Learn project management techniques and best practices in this updated version of Project Management Essentials, the 2006 PMI Product of the Year award winner. This...
