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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO

“To meet digital transformation goals, companies must build structural ambidexterity, focus on short-term efficiency opportunities that fit the current structure and model, but also pursue medium- to long-term discontinuous expansion opportunities in business that potentially would require structural and cultural changes,” Senan advises.

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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more

CIO

A product manager coordinates technical, marketing, and business functions, taking ownership over a specific product or service over the course of its lifecycle. Some companies have an army of directors of product who perform the role of a PM and get the comp of an associate product manager. Kion’s Quinlan agrees.

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Women IT leaders take center stage

CIO

Early in her career as a program management specialist at AT&T, Balaban became an active member with the Project Management Institute’s New Jersey chapter, which put her front and center at plenty of events. It’s pretty much the technical term for a double standard,” Gordon says. It’s not fair, but it exists.

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SAFe certification: launch your Scaled Agile Framework career

CIO

SAFe training and certification are available online or through in-person training through these and other education providers: Advised Skills: Advised Skills is a consultancy and training services provider focused on Lean-agile transformation, agile strategy audit and implementation, and agile program/portfolio management.

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What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained

CIO

The CIO also advises the executive sponsor on challenges and helps the executive sponsor select a firm specializing in ERP implementations. The executive sponsor should also be advised by an organizational change management executive, as ERP implementations result in new business processes, roles, user interfaces, and job responsibilities.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. Few are schooled in full-scope business culture and have not been previously engaged to advise organizations at the top. qualified advisors. Training companies often give free assessments in order to sell their programs. Technical, Niche Skills. Basic Education.