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PUBLICATIONS

Books, Chapters, Articles, Working Papers

With Richard L. Nolan, “Searching for the Next Killer App” Sloan Management Review 46(4), Summer, 2005 .

With Stephen P. Bradley (eds.), The Broadband Explosion: Leading Thinkers on the Promise of a Truly Interactive World. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

With Jeremy Allaire, "Broadband and Collaboration," in The Broadband Explosion: Leading Thinkers on the Promise of a Truly Interactive World, edited by Robert D. Austin and Stephen P. Bradley. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2005.

“Knowledge Work,” Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, ed. Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Academic Press, Elsevier, 2005.

With Lee Devin. "The Economics of Agility in Software Development," Harvard Business School Working Paper Series, No. 04-057, 2004 (accepted for presentation at the 2005 Academy of Management Conference).

With Lee Devin, “Successful Innovation Through Artful Process,” Leader to Leader, Spring 2004.

Subject Advisor for Harvard Business Essentials: Managing Projects Large and Small--The Fundamental Skills for Delivering on Budget and on Time, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA 2004.

With Christopher A. R. Darby, “The Myth of Secure Computing,” Harvard Business Review, June 2003.

With Lee Devin, Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2003. [on-line book review]

With Lee Devin. "Beyond Requirements: Software Making as Art." IEEE Software, January-February 2003.

With Lynda M. Applegate and F. Warren McFarlan, Instructor's Manual to accompany Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases, 6 th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

With Lynda M. Applegate and F. Warren McFarlan, Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases, 6 th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

With Lynda M. Applegate and F. Warren McFarlan, Corporate Information Strategy and Management: The Challenges of Managing in a Network Economy, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

“Project Management and Discovery," Science: Next Wave, September 2002.

"Managing Knowledge Workers: Evolving Practices and Trends," Science: Next Wave, April 2002.

With Lynda M. Applegate and F. Warren McFarlan, Instructor's Manual to accompany Creating Business Advantage in the Information Age, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

With Lynda Applegate and Warren McFarlan, Creating Business Advantage in the Information Age, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

With Andy Neely, “Measuring Performance: The Operations Perspective,” Business Performance Measurement, ed. Andrew Neely, Cambridge University Press, October 2001.

With Patrick Larkey, "The Future of Performance Measurement: Measuring Knowledge Work," Business Performance Measurement, ed. Andrew Neely, Cambridge University Press, October 2001.

With Jody Hoffer Gittell, “When It Should Not Work But Does: Anomalies of High Performance,” Business Performance Measurement, ed. Andrew Neely, Cambridge University Press, October 2001.

“The Effects of Time Pressure on Product Quality in Software Development: An Agency Model,” Information Systems Research, June 2001.

“Surviving Enterprise Systems: Adaptive Strategies for Managing Your Largest IT Investments,” Cutter Information Corp., Executive Report, April 2001.

“Managing the eBusiness Wildcard,” Op-Ed, CIO Canada, February, 2001.

“Hot Shot Envy,” Op-Ed, CIO magazine, January 2001.

With Patrick Larkey, "Performance-based Incentives in Knowledge Work: Are Agency Models Relevant?" International Journal of Business Performance Management, Spring 2000.

“The Phantom Menace,” IEEE Software, September-October 1999.

With Richard L. Nolan, "Manage ERP Initiatives as New Ventures, Not IT Projects," Harvard Business School Working Paper 99-024, December 1998.

“Measurement and Behavior.” American Programmer, November 1997.

“Knowledge Workers and the New Employment Contract.” American Programmer, May 1997.

With Patrick Larkey, Jay Kadane, and Shmuel Zamir, “Skill in Games.” Management Science, May 1997.

Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations , Dorset House Publishing Company, 1996.

With Daniel Paulish, A Survey of Commonly Applied Methods for Software Process Improvement, Software Engineering Institute, 1994.

With Patrick Larkey, ”The Unintended Consequences of Micromanagement: The Case of Procuring Mission Critical Computer Resources,” Policy Sciences, Vol. 25, 1992.

Cases and Notes

With Richard L. Nolan, "Novell: CEO-led Turnaround and Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 605-004.

"Novell: Open Source Software Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 605-009.

“Managing Knowledge Work Module Note.” Harvard Business School case 603-103 (2003) 20 pages.

“Managing Information Technology Infrastructure Module Note.” Harvard Business School case 603-104 (2003) 20 pages.

With Warren McFarlan, “CareGroup.” Harvard Business School case 303-097 (2003) 23 pages.

"Jamcracker." Harvard Business School case 602-007 (2001) 21 pages.

"Jamcracker Teaching Note." Harvard Business School case 603-040 (2002) 14 pages.

"Selecting a Hosting Provider," Harvard Business School exercise 601-171 (2001) 12 pages.

"Selecting a Hosting Provider Teaching Note," Harvard Business School exercise 602-074 (2001) 5 pages.

"Web and IT Hosting Facilities Technology Note," Harvard Business School case 601-134 (2001) 14 pages.

With Larry Leibrock, Alan Murray, “The iPremier Company (A): Denial of Service Attack,” Harvard Business School case 601-114 (2001) 12 pages.

With Larry Leibrock, Alan Murray, “The iPremier Company (B): Denial of Service Attack,” Harvard Business School case 601-115 (2001) 2 pages.

With Larry Leibrock, Alan Murray, “The iPremier Company (C): Denial of Service Attack,” Harvard Business School case 601-116 (2001) 2 pages.

“The iPremier Company (A), (B), and (C): Denial of Service Attack Teaching Note,” Harvard Business School case 602-033 (2001) 21 pages.

With George Westerman, “Destiny WebSolutions, Inc.” Harvard Business School case 600-138 (2000) 19 pages.

“Destiny WebSolutions, Inc. Teaching Note” Harvard Business School case 603-039 (2002) 9 pages.

With Richard L. Nolan, “IBM Corporation: Turnaround, 1991-1995,” Harvard Business School case 600-098 (2000) 19 pages.

“The People's Light and Theatre Company,” Harvard Business School case 600-055 (2000) 23 pages.

Supervised Deborah Sole and Mark Cotteleer, “Harley Davidson Motor Company: Enterprise Software Selection,” Harvard Business School case 600-006 (2000) 24 pages.

“Harley Davidson Motor Company: Enterprise Software Selection Teaching Note,” Harvard Business School case 603-047 (2002) 9 pages.

“Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy,” Harvard Business School case 699-198 (1999) 9 pages

“Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy Teaching Note,” Harvard Business School case 601-172 (2001) 16 pages

Supervised Cedric X. Escalle, Mark J. Cotteleer, “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Technology Note,” Harvard Business School case 699-020 (1999) 8 pages.

With Richard L. Nolan, supervised George Westerman, Mark Cotteleer, “Tektronix, Inc.: Global ERP Implementation,” Harvard Business School case 699-043 (1999) 22 pages.

“Tektronix, Inc.: Global ERP Implementation Teaching Note,” Harvard Business School case 602-078 (2001) 11 pages.

“Trilogy (A),” Harvard Business School case 699-034 (1998) 15 pages.

Supervised Marc Mandel, “Trilogy (B),” Harvard Business School case 600-123 (2000) 2 pages.

“Trilogy (C),” Harvard Business School case 601-140 (2001) 2 pages.

“Trilogy (A), (B), and (C) Teaching Note” Harvard Business School case 600-148 (2000) 11 pages.

With Richard L. Nolan, supervised Mark Cotteleer, “Cisco Systems, Inc.: Implementing ERP,” Harvard Business School case 699-022 (1998) 18 pages. (Reprinted in Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, Robert A.Burgelman, Modesto A. Maidique, and Steven C. Wheelwright, 3 rd Edition, Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2001)

With Richard L. Nolan, Mark Cotteleer, “Cisco Systems, Inc.: Implementing ERP Teaching Note,” Harvard Business School case 699-031 (1999) 9 pages.

With Mark Cotteleer, “Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies,” Harvard Business School case 198-006 (1997) 15 pages.

“Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies Teaching Note,” Harvard Business School 699-030 (1997) 9 pages.

With Mark Cotteleer, “Sun Microsystems: Realizing the Business Value of Web Technologies,” Harvard Business School case 198-007 (1998) 18 pages.

“Sun Microsystems: Realizing the Potential of Web Technologies Teaching Note,” Harvard Business School 698-074 (1998) 10 pages.

With Warren McFarlan, “H. E. Butt Grocery Company: A Leader in ECR Implementation (B),” Harvard Business School case 198-016 (1997) 5 pages.

Supervised Tom Rodd, “The Worldwide Web and Internet Technologies Technology Note,” Harvard Business School case 198-020 (1998) 11 pages.

Supervised Tom Rodd, “AT&T WorldNet (A),” Harvard Business School case 198-021(1997) 3 pages.

Supervised Tom Rodd, “AT&T WorldNet (B),” Harvard Business School case 198-022 (1997) 2 pages.

“America Online:  Customers on Hold,” Harvard Business School case 197-095 (1997) 8 pages.            

PRESENTATIONS

“Artful Process and Business Innovation: Some Thoughts About the Future of Value Creation,” Conversations Across Cultures: Enterprising Art and Artistic Practice, Columbia University Teacher’s College, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Sackler Center for Arts Education, New York City, New York, February 19, 2005.

“Zara: IT for Fast Fashion,” a moderated case discussion, CIO Perspectives on Enterprise Value, CIO Magazine, Harbor Beach Marriott, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, February 8, 2005.

“Some Thoughts About the Future of Value Creation,” Creative Economy Council, Hampshire House, Boston, MA, January 26, 2005.

"Artful Process and Business Innovation: What Managers Can Learn from Artists about 21st Century Value Creation," The Provost Seminar Series, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, October 22, 2004.

“The Economics of Agility in Software Development,” University of Washington Business School, Seattle, Washington, May 19, 2004.

“The Future of IT Value Creation,” Society for Information Management Executive Briefing, Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington, May 19, 2004.

“Agility and the Future of IT Value Creation,” Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, May 18, 2004.

“The Economics of Agility in Software Development,” C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, April 10, 2004.

“Artful Making,” Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, January 16, 2004.

“Artful Making,” Thirst for Knowledge, Niagara on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, an event hosted by Compugen, Inc. to support the national literacy programs of Frontier College.

“Artful Making,” Cutter Summit, Cambridge, MA, April 29-May 1, 2002.

“Big IT: Applying Adaptive Methods to the Largest IT Projects,” Cutter Consortium Symposium, Cambridge, MA, December 2000.

“Information Technology in the Early 21st Century: Industry and Organisational Transformation,” an intensive four-day program sponsored by Harvard Club of Australia, Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia, June 2000.

“Knowledge Management and IT Fluency,” IT Fluency Conference, The Conference Board, New York, New York, June 1999.

“ERP Project Management,” Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, Cincinnati, OH, May 1999.

“Avoiding Performance Measurement Disasters,” ICM conference on IT Metrics and Business Performance, Chicago, IL, May 1999.

“Avoiding Performance Measurement Disasters,” International Function Points Users Group, Orlando, Florida, October 1998.

With Patrick Larkey, Jose Royo, “Measuring Knowledge Work: Pathologies and Patterns,” Performance Measurement Symposium, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, July 1998.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES

Track Chair: Art for Leadership and Organisation, Conference on Organising Authenticity: A New Perspective on Artists in Residence, Program Committee, Bramstrup, Denmark

Participant, Institute of Reformed Theology Colloquy on Christian Faith and Economic Life, 2004 (met five times), Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.

Founder and Co-Chair (with Dick Nolan) of the Internet2 Business Applications Special Interest Group.

Program Committee, Session Moderator, Austin Mobility Roundtable 2003, Austin, TX

International Board Member, Center for Art and Leadership, Copenhagen Business School

Board Member, Performance Measurement Association (PMA)

Conference Co-Chair, Performance Management Association 2002 Conference, Boston, MA

Technology Council Fellow, Cutter Consortium, Arlington, MA

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Information Technology Education

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Track Chair: Architecture, Systems, and Infrastructure, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2002 Barcelona, Spain

Member, INFORMS

Member, IEEE

Member, Board of Directors, Axentra Corporation

Advisory Board Member, Cutter Consortium

Advisory Board Member, Sarvega

Advisory Board Member, Visual Interactions

Reviewer for Academy of Management Conference, Communications of the ACM, IBM Systems Journal, Information Systems Research, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, Sloan Management Review, Financial Times Prentice Hall, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Stanford University Press, and others.

OTHER

Original Plays Written and Produced

“Civilisation,” Studio Theater, University of Texas at Austin, 1985.

“Lisa’s Gift,” Chameleon, Austin, TX, 1985.