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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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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO

Now it’s largely standard systems going in and, unlike before, the strategy is to adapt them as little as possible. Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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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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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO

Human resource management: Plan and identify human resource needs. Communications management: Plan stakeholder communications. Risk management: Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, plan risk mitigation strategies. Procurement management: Identify and plan required procurements. Budget for surprises.

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3 key roles for driving digital success

CIO

As such, organizations must evolve their digital strategies with market changes, such as the shift to remote work in 2020, the evolution to hyperautomation in 2022, and how generative AI will now require CIOs to overhaul their roadmaps. “You Information security specialists guide agile teams on shift-left security practices.

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

CIO

Despite the best of intentions, CIOs and their organizations often struggle to deliver business outcomes from digital transformation strategies. And while KPMG reports that 72% of CEOs have aggressive digital investment strategies, McKinsey details a harsh reality that 70% of transformations fail. Five years ago, I shared that the No.

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Novanta’s Sarah Betadam on transforming the IT model status quo

CIO

By 2027, 70% of healthcare organizations will rely on digital-first strategies to empower patients to take a more active role in health responsibilities and experiences, notes IDC in its FutureScape Worldwide Healthcare Industry 2023 Predictions report. Betadam: This is why agile is important for our entire organization.