Leon A. Kappelman is a Professor of Information Systems and Director Emeritus of the Information Systems Research Center in the College of Business Administration at the University of North Texas.  He is also a Fellow of the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, a member of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies faculty and the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph.D. Program, and Associate Director of the Center for Quality & Productivity.

Mission Statement

Dedicated to helping organizations and individuals better manage their knowledge, technology, human, & financial assets.

  What's New?  

• Recent articles & presentations by DrK: 

  • Enterprise Architecture Roundtable & Expert Panel Discussion, DFW SIM Chapter, 1-August-07.

  • "Enterprise Architecture and the Next Generation Enterprise," ISRC Seminar, 18-April-07.

  • "Bridging the Chasm," Architecture & Governance Magazine, 3(2), 2007.

  • "Enterprise Architecture: Not Just Another Management Fad," Align Journal, April-May 2007.

• SIM forms new Enterprise Architecture Working Group (Oct. 2006). 

  • Thinking about EA? So is Fed Chairman Bernanke

• Kappelman returns from 15-month sabbatical (September 2006). 

• To see all of Kappelman's Congressional Testimony, click here.  

  •  Kappelman asked to testify at Congressional Hearing (22June06) about VA's cyber security breach.   

  •  Kappelman provides written testimony to Congress (25May06) about VA's cyber security breach..   

• To see MIS links page, click here. 

• To see Teaching page, click here (Spring Semester 2007 updates).

• Some articles (& for more Kappelman articles on the web click here): 

  • Early warning signs of IT project failure (Information Systems Management, Fall 2006) 

    • Abridged version of early warning signs study published online November 2006 by The Institute for Management Excellence along with additional project management materials.

  • We've Only Just Begun To Use IT Wisely  (InformationWeek, May 6, 2002) 

  • Recency Bias Is Short-Sighted  (InformationWeek, March 26, 2001)  

  • The Multibillion-Dollar Answer  (InformationWeek, February 19, 2001)  

  • Crime Is Crime, Online Or Off (InformationWeek, January 15, 2001)  

  • Not All Junk Mail Is Created Equal (InformationWeek, November 13, 2000)  

  • The Future Is Up To Us (InformationWeek, October 16, 2000)  

  • (Almost) Everything Old Is New (InformationWeek, September 18, 2000)

  • Killer Apps & Dead Bodies (InformationWeek, June 26 2000)

  • Some Strategic Y2K Blessings (IEEE Software, March/April, 2000)

• Biography (updated January 31, 2007) 

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