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Michael H. Hugos
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How Agile Analysts Get Things Done
Michael H. Hugos shows you how agile analysts hit the ground running. 
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Say Goodbye to Business Analysts
Michael H. Hugos argues that business analysts are inadequate for the challenges of today's business world.
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Think Screens and Data to Simplify
Michael H. Hugos keeps system development simple by thinking first of the user interface's screens and the data manipulated on them.
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Calling on IT to Do the Impossible
Michael H. Hugos says IT has to be flexible enough to roll out applications using new infrastructure long before the old infrastructure is mothballed.
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The Recovering Complexaholic
Michael H. Hugos thinks IT is addicted to the complex, the expensive and the clunky.
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Five Diagrams Beat a Victorian Novel
Michael H. Hugos eschews text specifications for just five diagrams that tell users and developers everything they need to know to collaborate effectively in the design of computer systems.
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The Agility Factor
Michael H. Hugos says your ability to be agile will determine your place in the 21st-century IT supply chain.
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BPM for the Responsive Enterprise
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IT and the Responsive Economy
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How to Truly Partner With the Business
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Framework for Business Analysts
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The Rise of the Business Analyst — Again
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Radar for the System Builder
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As Ye SOA, So Shall Ye Reap
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When Luck Comes Your Way
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Lessons Learned From a Major Failure
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Agility Lessons Learned
As I have practiced agility and thought about what it means to the IT professional, I have come to a couple of basic insights. The first is that agility is a way of looking at the world and approaching situations that arise. The agile approach is well described by the phrase, "Think big, start small, and deliver quickly!"
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The Value of IT Agility
In my previous column ("The Robust 80% Solution," June 5), I described a situation where a national restaurant chain wanted to increase sales and reduce costs by better matching its food inventory with local sales demand. I asked readers how they would use IT agility to enable the company to accomplish that goal.
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The Robust 80% Solution
Opinion: Michael H. Hugos debriefs the Agility Corps on a crash project for a restaurant chain.
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A Week in the Life of Agile IT
OK, listen up, my Agility Corps friends. Here's the situation. Your company acquired a new operating unit and needs to provide systems for it to meet its business objectives. Headquarters sent out a bunch of analysts, but things got too complex. The fog closed in. It's past 90 days now, and all that's been produced are half-baked program code that crashes unexpectedly and loose-leaf binders full of incoherent specifications. Your company needs to turn things around fast. Are you ready?
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