Agile Bridge Building  www.creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/Mgt/AgileBridges/AgileBridges.htm Operational level discussion of some of the problems associated with pattern based, agile software, and extreme programming (XP) development philosophies

The Architecture of Enterprise Information Systems  www.moisesdaniel.com/wri/eisarc.html presents a set of patterns and components that try to supply a structural and clear vision to the problem and solution of creating Enterprise Information Systems. By Moises Daniel Diaz.

Birds-Eye Network Services, LLC  www.birds-eye.net/article_archive Articles on broadband operations, engineering, marketing, telemedicine and information technology.

The Development and Use of Executive Information Systems  www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/research/eis.html The results of a study that contributes to the body of knowledge of EIS and should be of interest to both the academic and professional EIS communities.

DSS -- A Brief History of Decision Support Systems  dssresources.com/history/dsshistory.html by D.J. Power.

DSS -- What is a Decision Support System?  dssresources.com/papers/whatisadss by D.J. Power.

A Framework For MIS Effectiveness  www.munshi.4t.com/papers/swafad91.html by Jamal Munshi, Sonoma State University. Academy of Business Administration, 1996 International Conference, July 10-17, Athens, Greece.

Information Systems Development as Action Research - Soft Systems Methodology and Structuration Theory  www.cs.auc.dk/~jeremy/pdf files/thesis.pdf Ph.D. thesis by Jeremy Rose. [PDF]

Platform Independent Computing  www.creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/Mgt/PIC/PIC.htm A management overview and discussion of platform neutral, browser-based applications. It covers advantages and disadvantage of using them, what they are, and what they are not.

Reducing Dependence on Proprietary Systems  www.creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/Mgt/MSDetox/MSDetox.htm Practical information for managers who wish to reduce their shop's dependence on a single proprietary technology or platform.By John Repici.

The Un-Methodology  www.creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/Mgt/UnMethod/UnMethod.htm Article about managing software development. A gathering together and restating of some old ideas that may have "gone without saying" for too long.