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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO

One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. This is a deliberate attempt for us to be in the customers’ space.”

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5 surefire ways to derail a digital transformation (without knowing it)

CIO

Here’s how I spot derailments: Ask initiative leaders to share access to their roadmaps, agile backlogs, collaboration tools, stakeholder communications, and internal documentation. But are product managers developing market- and customer-driven roadmaps and prioritized backlogs?

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ITIL certification guide: Costs, requirements, levels, and paths

CIO

As an IT management framework, ITIL can help businesses manage risk, strengthen customer relations, establish cost-effective practices, and build a stable IT environment that allows for growth, scale, and change. You’ll focus on leveraging agile and Lean to plan and deliver continual improvements quickly.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO

Leonie, an agile delivery manager working in the retail industry, who only gave her first name, saw this first-hand earlier in her career. CIO, Diversity and Inclusion, IT Leadership, Women in IT You look in the mirror and you think, is it a reflection of me? What am I not doing right? Listen more.

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Delivering Continuous Value: Lessons Learned About Software Delivery In Our First 20 Years

Gorilla Logic

What We’ve Learned About Agile. We eat, sleep, and breathe Agile because we know from experience that it increases quality, reduces rework, speeds delivery, and enables teams to deliver continuous value to the business. At the heart of our Agile practice is always the customer. Pedro Araya, Agile Practice Lead. “As

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An archetype-based approach to driving your global workforce transformation

CIO

Are they working in agile? For one, they have an infrastructure delivery team archetype, which consists of a nearshore engineering delivery manager, a scrum team, and both a nearshore and offshore delivery team (i.e., IT Leadership, IT Strategy Are they developing novel products and services?

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If there was ever a good time to be sure you have good governance, this is it

The Agile Manager

For purposes of ceremony, IT governance is heavy-handed in reporting, but light touch in execution, loaded as it typically is with vendor reps with sales revenue on the line, delivery managers with bonuses on the line and business sponsors with promotions on the line. Have at least one independent director on the governing board.