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| What the IF4IT is | We are an open best practices organization for the Information Technology Management (ITM) industry (a.k.a. “IT”). Visit the Catalog. |
| How we do it | We work with industry leaders to identify, document, curate, and share open ITM best practices and other materials. |
| What we are not | We are not a vendor — we sell nothing. We do not endorse any brand-specific tools or technologies. |
| Who we help | IT leaders, managers, practitioners, and other business professionals who work within or with the ITM industry. |
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2026-08-02
Governing Technical Debt as an Enterprise Discipline — The Framework That Helps IT Leaders Establish Technical Debt Tracking and Governance
Technical debt has been extensively classified and discussed for more than three decades, yet most IT organizations still lack a systematic governance framework for managing it as an enterprise management discipline....
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Release Management for AI-Generated Software: 9 Best Practices for Faster, Safer Deployments
Generative AI can accelerate software creation, but it does not prove that the resulting Change Set is ready, traceable, recoverable, or safe to release. Enterprises create unnecessary risk when generation speed is tr...
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Use Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) to Expose Critical Gaps in AI Generated Software Like Vibe Code
AI can generate functional software quickly, but software that appears to work may still contain critical gaps in security, performance, resilience, recoverability, operability, and other production qualities. Non-Fun...
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Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid: An IF4IT Framework for Choosing Delivery Methodology
Delivery methodology is not an enterprise preference; it is a fit decision determined by the nature of the Product or Service being delivered. When organizations force all work through Agile, Waterfall, or a convenien...
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