Maturity Matrices are a term given to what is essentially a “checklist” whose purpose is to evaluate how well developed a particular process or program is.It is a rather grand name for what can be a very simple paper-based system.  However do not let the simplicity give a false impression! Maturity Matrices are one of the most powerful...

Planning and control is a governance theme that involves the preparation of different governance frameworks and information baselines. The major information baselines covered under this theme are as follows: Program plan,Resource management,Information strategies andCorresponding plans. Planning and Control  Following are the...

Another thing to consider are the security implications of high availability clusters. For technical or political reasons, it may be necessary for certain virtual machines to never run on the same host system. This could be due to security policies, for example, the HR resource must be isolated from other systems, or for technical reasons, such...

Program management or programme management is the process of managing several related projects, often with the intention of improving an organization's performance. In practice and in its aims, program management is often closely related to systems engineering, industrial engineering, change management, and business transformation. In the defense...

TESTING TOOLS in software testing can be defined as products that support various test activities starting from planning, requirement gathering, build creation, test execution, defect logging and test analysis. These testing tools are mainly used for testing software firmness, thoroughness, and other performance parameters. There are tons of...

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Information Security Management (ISM) ensures confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiation, integrity, and availability of organization data and IT services. It also ensures reasonable use of organization’s information resources and appropriate management of information security risks. The Information Security Manager is the process...

What is strategy? Understanding strategic alignment starts with understanding what strategy really is. Most people think of “vision statements” and “mission statements” as being “strategy” but they are only a small part of the “strategy story”. Your mission and vision are simply statements about what your organization is for...

Solution Assessment and Validation is the procss of ensuring that the solution built matches the requirements. Solution Assessment Once requirements are handed to the solutions team the business analyst will be expected to assess the design returned to the project team. The Business analyst maintains much of the project's intelectual...

What is Project? A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. A project is defined as temporary because it has a defined beginning and end time, and it is unique because it has a particular set of operations designed to accomplish a goal The primary characteristics of a project are It has a...