Brian Kilcourse, chief strategist for Retail Systems Alert Group, senior partner of BEK Consulting, and an advisor to Borland Software has written an article in CIO Magazine that focuses on how application development can help this year's #1 CIO priority, driving business growth. The article discusses the importance of taking control of software development as a managed business process will keep companies competitive and growing. Brian states, "The time has come for IT leaders to deal with the fact that one of the most vital areas of IT has been treated as an unruly, unpredictable, undisciplined child (albeit one we consider gifted). The time has come for ITs wild child, application development, to grow up."

Brian Kilcourse's article highlights:

• Why he sees application development as the "single most strategic component of IT"
• Why application development must become a more mature and managed business process
• How components of ALM and "the alignment of people, process and technology" play a role in the evolution of application development
• Why there should be urgency to invest in application development processes

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See also:

Borland Software Delivery Optimization (SDO)

Borland Core SDP, Integrated Lifecycle Management solution

Borland Tempo, IT Management and Governance solution