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Agile Software Development: Agile software development is a methodology which involves several phases, or iterations. Benefits of using iterations over one large project are client input, risk reduction, and easy adaptation to change.

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    Application Development: Application development is the act of designing and building software, or an application, to fit the requirements of a client.
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    Application Integration:  Application integration is the process of combining data and/or functions from one program to another so that they seamlessly work together.
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    Business Intelligence (BI): Business intelligece includes a variety of  technologies, including applications, which collect, store, and analyze data to aid in better business decisions.
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    Custom Software:   Custom software is an application that is created specifically to meet the needs of a certain company or organization. Normally, companies opt for custom software when their requirements cannot be fulfilled with an off-the-shelf application. This is similar to custom software development, which is the process that a company or organization goes through to build the custom solution.
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    Data Warehouse: A data warehouse is a system which stores all of an organization's data from various systems in one central location. This allows for easy access to all data for extraction and analysis.
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    Information Technology (IT): Information technology is a broad term which includes all aspects of electronic information systems. These systems may be used to create, store, convert, or retrieve data, among many other functions.
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    Offshoring:  Offshoring is the exporting of a business process to a facility in a country other than where the business is located. This is a way for companies to have lower costs or to focus on their core business functions.
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    Outsourcing:  Outsourcing involves a contract in which one company provides a business process or service for another company. Along with offshoring, this is another way for companies to have lower costs or to focus on their core business functions.
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    Software Implementation (Adoption):  Software implementation refers to the process a company goes through when it decides to buy a new application. The new application must be installed to meet the company's requirements. Also, there may be an older system that the new application needs to work with.
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