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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

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To do so, CIOs must continuously improve their product management, program management, and delivery capabilities to wow customers and deliver competitive advantages, all while steering clear of surefire DX mistakes such as prioritizing too many initiatives and underinvesting in developing digital trailblazers.

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

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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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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

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Underpinning these initiatives is a slew of technology capabilities and strategies aimed at accelerating delivery cycles, such as establishing product management disciplines, building cloud architectures, developing devops capabilities, and fostering agile cultures.

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Questions to Ask in Your Next Job Interview

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You are passionate about software development, or product management, or leadership, or user experience, or documentation, or organization, or something else. The post Questions to Ask in Your Next Job Interview first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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

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Worse is when prioritized initiatives don’t have a documented shared vision, including a definition of the customer, targeted value propositions, and achievable success criteria. But are product managers developing market- and customer-driven roadmaps and prioritized backlogs?

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3 key roles for driving digital success

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Product and delivery leaders: Agents of change While there are many ways to charter a program and define leadership responsibilities, I recommend leading transformation initiatives with these two key roles. Product leaders are most responsible for a digital transformation initiative’s scope, priorities, and change management.

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The Effort Estimation Matrix – A Tool for Estimating Agile Story Points

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The Effort Estimation Matrix by Shaun Thompson | January 18, 2024 | Blog A Tool for Estimating Agile Story Points Introduction : In both Agile project and product management, accurately estimating effort is both vital and challenging.

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