Library Services | Technical University of Kenya

Your cart is empty.
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Managed Evolution [electronic resource] : A Strategy for Very Large Information Systems / by Stephan Murer, Bruno Bonati, Frank J. Furrer.

By: Murer, Stephan [author.].
Contributor(s): Bonati, Bruno [author.] | Furrer, Frank J [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011Description: XXIV, 264p. 68 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642016332.Subject(s): Economics | Computer network architectures | Industrial management | Management information systems | Economics/Management Science | Management/Business for Professionals | Business Information Systems | Computer Systems Organization and Communication NetworksDDC classification: 650 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
PART 1: Structure, Properties, Challenges and Architecture of Very Large Information Systems: Very Large Information System Challenge -- Architecture Management -- Integration Architecture -- Infrastructure -- PART 2: Organization and Management Processes for the Execution of Managed Evolution: Business-IT Alignment -- People, Culture and Organization -- Measuring the Managed Evolution -- PART 3: Summary, Conclusions and Outlook: Conclusions and Outlook.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Many organizations critically depend on very large information systems. In the authors' experience these organizations often struggle to find the right strategy to sustainably develop their systems. Based on their own experience at a major bank, over more than a decade, the authors have developed a successful strategy to deal with these challenges, including: - A thorough analysis of the challenges associated with very large information systems - An assessment of possible strategies for the development of these systems, resulting in managed evolution as the preferred strategy - Describing key system aspects for the success of managed evolution, such as architecture management, integration architecture and infrastructure - Developing the necessary organizational, cultural, governance and controlling mechanisms for successful execution
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

PART 1: Structure, Properties, Challenges and Architecture of Very Large Information Systems: Very Large Information System Challenge -- Architecture Management -- Integration Architecture -- Infrastructure -- PART 2: Organization and Management Processes for the Execution of Managed Evolution: Business-IT Alignment -- People, Culture and Organization -- Measuring the Managed Evolution -- PART 3: Summary, Conclusions and Outlook: Conclusions and Outlook.

Many organizations critically depend on very large information systems. In the authors' experience these organizations often struggle to find the right strategy to sustainably develop their systems. Based on their own experience at a major bank, over more than a decade, the authors have developed a successful strategy to deal with these challenges, including: - A thorough analysis of the challenges associated with very large information systems - An assessment of possible strategies for the development of these systems, resulting in managed evolution as the preferred strategy - Describing key system aspects for the success of managed evolution, such as architecture management, integration architecture and infrastructure - Developing the necessary organizational, cultural, governance and controlling mechanisms for successful execution

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.

2017 | The Technical University of Kenya Library | +254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672 | library@tukenya.ac.ke | Haile Selassie Avenue