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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO

Lack of vision A common reason digital transformation fails is due to a lack of vision, which along with planning is the foundation for digital success. Digital transformation is about envisioning new ways of doing business, reimagining business processes, transforming business/systems architecture, and changing an organization’s culture.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO

The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now. While it’s critical to control costs continuously, it becomes even more imperative during times of economic pressure,” says Jon Pratt, CIO at security managed services provider 11:11 Systems.

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Agile vs. Waterfall: Which Should A CIO Choose?

The Accidental Successful CIO

There is the classic method that has been used for over 40 years called “waterfall” Then there’s the new upstart in town that everyone seems to be flocking to called “agile” All of these options can place a CIO in a difficult place. Requirements gathering and analysis is the first part of the waterfall approach.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget. Understanding the price differentials between reserve and regular pricing is key to performing that analysis. Whether agile should include FinOps or not is a matter of debate,” he says.

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Agile vs Scrum: Differences & Similarities?—?The Complete Review [2020]

Codegiant

Agile vs Scrum: Differences & Similarities?—?The The Complete Review [2020] From the desk of a brilliant weirdo #1 : If you are using Scrum it’s safe to say that you are also using Agile. On the other hand, if you are using an Agile framework, that may not necessarily be Scrum.

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The Hidden Gem of Savings in the Software Delivery. And no, it’s not AI

CIO

It will improve project management, help with requirements creation, assist developers with coding, cover the system with auto-tests, report defects, and improve deployment. Example 1: major outage after a core system update A large broker-dealer updated its core system and immediately ran into a catastrophic failure.

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The future of ERP: With composable ERP, interoperability and integration are not optional

CIO

Analysis There are many facets to interoperability and integration, and any of them can derail your success with composable ERP. It may be named something completely different in a third system or may not even be a part of that solution’s basic data model. Duplicate steps across solutions must be resolved and process gaps filled.