http://www.baselinemag.com Tools Quizzes - RSS Feeds en-us Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:22:03 -0400 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:22:03 -0400 Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Does-Your-CIO-Have-Clout/?kc=rss - Thousands of information-technology professionals now hold the lofty title of chief information officer, though many are no more than de facto chief technology officers. Why? Many CIOs have insufficient power to be truly accountable for the management of information. Contributing to the power va...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Does-Your-CIO-Have-Clout/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:05:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Calibrate-Yourself/?kc=rss - Video Content....]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Calibrate-Yourself/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:10:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Identifying-Critical-Systems/?kc=rss - Video Content....]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Identifying-Critical-Systems/?kc=rss Thu, 13 May 2004 09:50:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Time-for-Cobol-in-Chunks/?kc=rss - Few companies pick Cobol as their primary programming language for brand new applications. But modern methods of writing Cobol programs in reusable chunks may extend its usage to a new base of object-oriented developers. Is this new-age version of Cobol of practical use to you? This quiz will give y...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Time-for-Cobol-in-Chunks/?kc=rss Mon, 10 May 2004 09:57:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Trail-of-Database-Trouble/?kc=rss - View the PDF -- Turn off pop-up blockers! Playing doctor to database can be tricky. Download the PDF and take our quiz to diagnose your database's troubles....]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Trail-of-Database-Trouble/?kc=rss Thu, 08 Apr 2004 01:15:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Are-You-Governing-Properly/?kc=rss - This quiz is currently under construction. Click the download button to get the PDF. You can also read the accompanying article, The Governing Concepts of Governance for an introduction to what's known as I.T. governance. ...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Are-You-Governing-Properly/?kc=rss Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Is-BPEL-Right-for-You/?kc=rss - To take the Quiz, click the download button to get the Excel tool. And don't forget to check out the accompanying article, Primer: Business Process Execution Language for an introduction to BPEL. ...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Is-BPEL-Right-for-You/?kc=rss Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:52:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/The-Governing-Concepts-of-Governance/?kc=rss - After three years of tight reins, tighter budgets and gimlet-eyed interrogation over every expense, the last thing many technology managers want is more corporate oversight. But they #8217;d be fools not to, according to those who view structured decision-making as a way to increase the impact of...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/The-Governing-Concepts-of-Governance/?kc=rss Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:42:00 -0400 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Primer-Business-Process-Execution-Language/?kc=rss - What is it? A language designed to help programmers automate processes that will involve more than one company. Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL) is designed for Web-services applications, which can mean any function provided by a Web server. But in practice, a #8220;Web...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Primer-Business-Process-Execution-Language/?kc=rss Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:06:00 -0500 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-How-Integrated-is-Your-Project-Team/?kc=rss - Click on the icon to the left to download the PDF and learn how integrated your project team is. And don't forget to check out the accompanying article, Six Degrees of Project Management about the links between your project-team members. ...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-How-Integrated-is-Your-Project-Team/?kc=rss Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:45:00 -0500 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Does-Internet-Protocol-Telephony-Make-Sense-for-You/?kc=rss - Note: This quiz requires at least Microsoft IE 4.0, Netscape 6.0, or other compatible Web browser. True False Your voice system be fully depreciated within the next 12 months, or will your voice system's lease or Centrex contract be up for renew...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Does-Internet-Protocol-Telephony-Make-Sense-for-You/?kc=rss Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/When-to-Stuff-Voices-Into-Packets/?kc=rss - Your company may not be making calls using Internet standards now, but it will eventually. So far, though, the cost to switch from conventional phone systems often outweighs savings. Internet Protocol (IP) telephone systems convert the sounds of voices to bits and then pipe those over commu...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/When-to-Stuff-Voices-Into-Packets/?kc=rss Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:53:00 -0500 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Is-Your-RFP-a-Recipe-For-Problems/?kc=rss - There are many ways to gauge the success of a project. But how do you measure the success of the request for proposal (RFP) that outlines the project? If you wait to match a project's actual return on investment against that expected by the RFP, you're too late. In fact, by the time project lead...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Is-Your-RFP-a-Recipe-For-Problems/?kc=rss Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:29:00 -0500 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Assess-Your-Risk-Assessment/?kc=rss - Getting more precise Doug Hubbard of Hubbard Decision Research offers the following advice to beef up risk-assessment systems: 1. Remove ambiguity. Instead of rating technology risk on a scale of 1 to 5, drill in on the variables. Is there a chance the vendor won't be around to support the soft...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-Assess-Your-Risk-Assessment/?kc=rss Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:27:00 -0500 http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-How-Rich-Should-You-Be/?kc=rss - Want your organization to use rich Web clients? Choose the number that reflects how strongly you agree with these statements to determine your level of readiness. Not sure what a rich Web client is? Read our primer first. 1. Employees make many mistakes using in-house browser...]]> http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Tools-Quizzes/Quiz-How-Rich-Should-You-Be/?kc=rss