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How culture and strategic partnerships help fuel transformation

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Of course, those platforms can only perform properly when the strength of the people behind them are optimized. So building a cohesive internal culture is integral to IT success, as well as achieving personal and professional goals. Budget constraints, of course, are ever present and need to be worked through very closely.

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Diversity and inclusion: 7 best practices for changing your culture

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CIO.com spoke to DEI leaders and experts to uncover the best practices for building diverse teams and a culture that nurtures those teams and individuals to stop the churn and get closer to the organization’s overall D&I goals. But if your company is not a startup, it is still important to fix your culture before you recruit.

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Lean Budgeting – Foster Growth & Innovation in Your Organisation

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Your annual budget could be harming your business. Does your organisation’s budget system hinder growth and innovation? This may not be the soundest proposition, but budgeting, as it is currently practised by many companies, should be abolished. Budgeting as it Used to Be. Yet, very harmful. It is never, ever accurate.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

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We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. It should be very easy for anyone in the organization to understand progress on these initiatives and outcomes.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

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Delivering on time and on budget Completing software projects in a timely manner while staying within budget is a long-time challenge of software development. On time and on budget are much easier to judge with the finger on the pulse of expectations of both the users and the developers.” What we can’t measure we can’t improve.

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Why Jackson CIO Mike Hicks had to flip the script on his proven 100-day plan

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I also implement a business value scorecard to showcase progress during those 40 days, seek feedback from trusted advisors I identified upfront, and adjust course as needed. Finally, we were two months away from submitting this year’s budget, which is always a challenge because of the legwork that goes into a budget cycle.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

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Moreover, it requires a culture shift, says Hennessy, stressing the need for a “builder culture” in order for DIY cloud cost optimization to succeed. Also, your DIY tool is best served in a culture where iteration is accepted as you add new features to your platform over time, on your schedule. Budgeting, Cloud Computing

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