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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

“Collaboration with external partners allows enterprises to enhance their IT prowess, drive innovation, and bridge skill gaps more effectively amid a swiftly evolving digital landscape,” says Arpita Dwivedi, practice director at Everest Group. Staff augmentation and outsourcing are nothing new.

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Outsourcing Version 1: Advice from a CTO

GreenBar

On the other hand, I’ve been building software for over 30 years and managing software developers for 25. Compared to a permanent hire, advantages of contracting out your software development include on-demand resources; minimal overhead costs (benefits, equity, etc.); Your project might benefit from a UI specialist up front.

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How to Avoid Stakeholder Gridlock on Your Software Project

Atomic Spin

If multiple people within an organization have to be consulted for every decision, projects quickly grind to a halt. In fact, it’s one of the risks we consider in our pre-project consulting process. Software development teams are expensive. Each team had five or fewer stakeholders who all worked well together.

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How to Avoid Stakeholder Gridlock on Your Software Project

Atomic Spin

If multiple people within an organization have to be consulted for every decision, projects quickly grind to a halt. In fact, it’s one of the risks we consider in our pre-project consulting process. Software development teams are expensive. What the Ideal Stakeholder Team Looks Like.

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8 signs you’ve mistimed a major IT initiative

CIO

Defective leadership Leadership is a key component in the successful timing of any major transformation project, ahead of strategy and technology, says Suneet Dua, chief revenue and growth officer for products and technology at business advisory firm PwC. He suggests using low-code platforms.

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Beyond Visibility: Proactive Cloud Workload Security in the Real World

Prisma Clud

Over the last 5 years, our team at Prisma Cloud has witnessed an extraordinary surge in the adoption of cloud-native technologies. As the CTO of Prisma Cloud, I'm thrilled to share our insights and the learnings gained from witnessing the rise of cloud-native technologies and the rapid adoption of the public cloud.

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Executive Round Table with Kent Barner and Jay Reed

TechFides Blog

At CIO Suite, Kent’s team (2 resources) offers four core services: IT Solutions Health Check Fractional CIO Services (i.e. Leadership, which is more of a fractional CIO role, and as we get into this discussion further, we’re all consultants, many of us trying not to be retired, and so we all kind of share that in common.