To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Vanessa James is a business technology consultant and blogger. She enjoys reading about new technologies, especially while listening to The Rat Pack. She currently writes for Oracle monitoring solutions provider confio.com.

Practice Manager responsible for project leadership & delivery services for the Cardinal Solutions Group in the RTP area.

Gary Cokins (Cornell University BS IE/OR, 1971; Northwestern University Kellogg MBA 1974) is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and enterprise performance and risk management systems.

Author and president of Strategere Consulting working with clients to develop business and IT strategies that focus on achieving business outcomes.

Executive Director of the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute (ITMPI), dedicated to improving the practice and management of software development and maintenance.