Design For People, Build For Constant Change — The Big Picture

Air Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: CIOs and Information & Knowledge Management professionals

Description:

This teleconference will focus on a big trend in business and IT: 1) the need to design systems that take people's needs into account, and 2) the need to build systems that accommodate constant and continuous change. Four major evolutions are driving this trend: the design evolution, the process evolution, the workforce evolution, and the software evolution.

Applications that reflect the "design for people, build for constant change" trend are known as dynamic business applications. This presentation will give four examples of dynamic business applications that are built upon a combination of technologies, including business rules, BPM, e-forms, Second Life, and Information Workplaces.

Agenda

• The four forces fueling the "design for people, build for constant change" trend
• Four examples of dynamic business applications
• How "design for people, build for constant change" will unfold
• Recommendations for CIOs, enterprise architects, application developers, information and knowledge management professionals, and business process and applications professionals.

Vendors mentioned: Adobe, Pegasystems, Second Life, and others.

Related Research:

The Dynamic Business Applications Imperative

by John R. Rymer, Connie Moore, September 24, 2007

The New IT Imperative: Design For People, Build For Change

by Tom Pohlmann, Connie Moore, August 21, 2007

Technical requirements:

An Internet connection and a one-time download of the WebEx™ Player are required.