If you're involved in the planning and development of products, software applications or systems, this report is for you. Learn the results of a recent industry survey - get insight on the latest trends, challenges and solutions and learn what development teams are doing to successfully plan and develop new products in a customer-driven economy. 

Scope creep kills innovation. Over $1 trillion is spent each year on R&D, and 60% of the projects fail due to requirements issues. By using requirements management best practices you can achieve 2x higher profits and 6x faster development cycles. 

This white paper explains a structured way to manage requirements and how risk-based requirements and quality management are inseparable from the larger process of managing the planning, test and release of a software system. 

A company’s overall success largely relies on the software team’s success. Organizations that embrace this concept experience less frustration, fewer errors, and faster planning and development cycles. Read this guide to learn about seven essential tips to help you be more successful with requirements management and software development. 

This white paper considers the changing focus of the requirements space and how requirements definition differs from requirements management. A business analyst's struggles with defining requirements using common office software and tools are related. Finally, a requirements definition solution is introduced and discussed. 

Introducing SAP® BusinessObjects™ Data Services breakthrough technology software for the enterprise information management market. The software unifies our leading data-quality and integration solutions - helping your organization to move, transform, and improve virtually any type of data anywhere, at any frequency. 

This white paper introduces the steps that organizations must take to improve their systems and software development processes, by implementing key best practices and uniting development teams with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). 

SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge software is the business intelligence (BI) choice of midsize companies hoping to improve business processes, discover new opportunities and edge out the competition. It includes affordable solutions addressing just about any BI requirement, like operational reporting and analysis, dashboards and visualization. 

Join Microsoft Dynamics CRM technology evangelist Phillip Haase in this webcast to learn about the Microsoft strategy and investments in enterprise CRM solutions and to understand how these solutions address the requirements for users, management, and IT. 

The basic principles for managing an archiving project presented in this paper can help you initiate and plan an archiving strategy that meets your organization’s requirements. 

DataFlux dfPower Studio combines several tools to help standardize incoming data and assist companies in building business rules into their system. 

This webcast explores a phased approach to consolidating application management solutions, aligning IT infrastructure with business needs and reducing costs. 

The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. This SWOT Analyst report for Q3 2009 regroups the market contenders by categories for an easier evaluation to enable vendor strategy professionals to substantiate decisions about their partnership and go-to-market strategies.