Demand Supply Governance is a skill in high demand because of the following:

* Ever faster technology advances, pressures on costs and service levels causes pressure on the IT departments to deliver.

* Outsourcing has made the market more competitive

* IT departments are poor at demonstrating and publicizing their added value.

The Demand Supply Governance discipline addresses these issues by focusing on:

* Encouraging services, as required by and agreed upon with the business, which are actually ...

This is the official Pocket Guide for the TOGAF® Standard, Version 9.2, from The Open Group. It is published in hard copy and electronic formats by Van Haren Publishing. The TOGAF Standard, a standard of The Open Group, is a proven Enterprise Architecture methodology and framework used by the world's leading organizations to improve business efficiency. It is the most prominent and reliable Enterprise Architecture standard, ensuring consistent standards, methods, and communication among Ente...

VeriSM™ is a framework that describes a service management approach from the organizational level, looking at the end to end view rather than focusing on a single department. Based around the VeriSM model, it shows organizations how they can adopt a range of management practices in a flexible way to deliver the right product or service at the right time to their consumers. VeriSM allows for a tailored approach depending upon the type of business you are in, the size of your organization, yo...

This is a simple, easy-to-understand guide for anyone who wants to learn the Agility concept and the Scrum framework. It covers the underlying concepts and principles, along with Scrum roles and responsibilities, events, artifacts, and scaling approaches, as well as common practices and techniques.

❶ Instead of praising Agility, the book focuses on understanding the real meaning of it in a straightforward and consistent way and reviews the types of projects where it may work and where it m...

The TOGAF standard is a framework - a detailed method and a set of supporting tools - for developing an Enterprise Architecture, developed by members of The Open Group Architecture Forum.

The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 is an update providing additional guidance, correcting errors, introducing structural changes to support the TOGAF Library (an extensive collection of reference material), and removing obsolete content. It may be used freely by any organization wishing to develop an Enterprise...

The Courseware package consist out of two publications, VeriSMTM - Foundation Courseware (ISBN: 978 94 0180 262 8) and VeriSMTM - A service management approach (ISBN: 978 94 018 263 5). This training material covers the syllabus for the VeriSM™ Foundation qualification. The training can be delivered over two days. This courseware is accredited to prepare the student for the VeriSM™ Foundation certification.VeriSM™ Foundation consists of two parts: VeriSM™ Essentials and VeriSM™ Plus...

This book describes the framework of the next generation of Business Information Services Library, BiSL®. BiSL Next is a public domain standard for business information management with guiding principles, good practices and practical templates. It offers guidance for digitally engaged business leaders and those who collaborate with them, with the ultimate goal to improve business performance through better use of information and technology.

Twelve elements - four drivers, four domains and fo...

Cybercrime, data leaks and information security get more attention than ever in the news. Governments and companies dedicate more and more resources to these areas. However, most of that attention appears to be focused on reactive measures (“How do we catch the cybercriminals?”) instead of on preventive measures (“How do we make our systems secure?”). Although it is hard to measure, research reports indicate that building security in is worth the investment. Key in the software building p...