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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO

There’s a demand for skills such as cybersecurity, cloud, IT project management, UX/UI design, change management, and business analysis. Even internally, finance companies such as Discover , have focused on building IT and tech training platforms to upskill workers to help meet the rapidly growing need for talent.

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Improving Quality Assurance During The Software Development Process

Strategy Driven

Quality assurance (QA) is a crucial part of the software development process. Unfortunately, a lot of companies have trouble with their QA process because they think that throwing money or more people at the problem guarantees results. Here’s how you can improve quality assurance in the software development process.

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

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As companies vie for talented tech workers to meet skills gaps in their organizations, the demand for certain tech roles has increased. There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience.

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If you’re a bootstrapped startup, turn to user-centered design to thrive during adversity

TechCrunch

We therefore took a lean approach that eschewed expensive software development and marketing, and instead used UCD for everything from the company name and logo to our first product. We launched in 2007, right in the middle of the Great Recession, so external funding was not an option. UCD for the business concept.

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4 Reasons to Outsource Large IT Projects During Economic Headwinds

CIO

In fact, McKinsey suggests that early cost and schedule overruns can cause projects to cost twice as much as anticipated. One common resolution to this challenge is for companies to seek outside support to ensure success. This can be costly for organizations. There are four critical ways that outside support can make a difference.

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The Hidden Gem of Savings in the Software Delivery. And no, it’s not AI

CIO

It will improve project management, help with requirements creation, assist developers with coding, cover the system with auto-tests, report defects, and improve deployment. These include security and data privacy concerns, low-quality data, reputational risks, and immature technology, to name a few.

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Relationship management: The unsung art of optimizing IT teams

CIO

You understand this, so to limit this individual’s time on the “people” side of IT, you assign QA to the quality assurance team, as well as to the business analyst and end user involved in the project. I first encountered this personality type during my first IT project management job at a software company.