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Agile project management: Principles, benefits, tools, tips, and when to make the switch

CIO

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.

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Explainer: Building a high-performing last-mile delivery software

CIO

The staff monitoring the logistics management systems are at their wit’s end, trying to compensate for the lost time. No matter how the pandemic has increased the workloads, last-mile delivery was always a propelling industry before the crisis. The global delivery software market is expected to reach USD 3113.16

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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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Competency Lost

The Agile Manager

The captive corporate IT department was a relatively early adopter of Agile management practices, largely out of desperation. The Program Management Office was disbanded in favor of a Product Portfolio Management Office with a Chief Product Officer (reporting to the CIO) recruited from the business.

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The Nightmare of Hiring a Great Product Owner

Evolution4all

We have discussed with several different Product Directors and Heads of Product and they have made us to understand how tough it is to find and hire competent Product Owners in the job market. Agile in IT. Many of the companies who use Agile only use it for IT. Project Managers Based on Orders. Let’s find out!

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