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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.”

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

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Justifying Investments with the Capital Budgeting Process

Toptal

For a business manager, choosing what to invest in should not be an exercise of instinct. With capital budgeting methods, managers can appraise various projects simultaneously, with the end result indicating which one will have the highest impact on company value.

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Start building your brand book with a visioning workshop

TechCrunch

An outside facilitator could help you keep things on track, but the whole workshop can be DIY’d if budget is a concern. Then, gather the team (preferably off-site to limit distractions) for at least a four-hour session to participate in a series of exercises, both individually and as a group. Exercise #2: Desired end state.

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Building digital fluency in the C-suite and beyond

CIO

More frequently, IT leaders are seeing the value of educating their peers and stakeholders as a win-win for increasing buy-in and budget for digital initiatives. We’re investing a significant amount of time, resources, and budget to ensure we remain competitive in the digital age.” Everything is positive.

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Today’s best CIOs are strategy wranglers

CIO

Strategy today cannot be the top-down, C-suite exclusive exercise it has been in the past. CIOs have to make sure that the strategic “debate” happens and that all key stakeholders participate. Emerging from such debates should be a will to act.

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Planning A Yearly Budget For A Long-Term Agile Project

Mentormate

For an existing Agile project , there’s usually a predetermined budget that accounts for all of the year’s planned features and projects. And if a project team decides they want more features or projects completed, they can choose to add to the budget. How do you know what to budget for? Discuss Each Item. The Key to Success.

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