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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

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Communications management: Plan stakeholder communications. Risk management: Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, plan risk mitigation strategies. Procurement management: Identify and plan required procurements. Stakeholder management: Plan for stakeholder expectations. CSM: Certified Scrum Master.

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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

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For example, KPMG reports that 51% of technology executives have not seen an increase in performance or profitability from digital transformation investments. The top of the funnel for change management in digital transformations is the responsibility of the product manager or the program manager in some organizations.

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What is a project management office (PMO)? The key to standardizing project success

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Debra Chin, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and program manager/consultant with ROC Implementation & Management Group (ROCIMG), describes the PMO more succinctly, saying, “It’s a centralized point that helps manage projects.”

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3 key digital transformation priorities for 2024

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Create these six generative AI workstreams CIOs should document their AI strategy for delivering short-term productivity improvements while planning visionary impacts. These workstreams require documenting a vision, assigning leaders, and empowering teams to experiment.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

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So API ubiquity presents numerous IT management challenges due to inconsistent design patterns, communication silos, access control, documentation hurdles, and monitoring, performance and scalability concerns, says Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, who oversees API governance and security as CTO and VP at Pure Storage.

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3 key roles for driving digital success

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Product leaders are most responsible for a digital transformation initiative’s scope, priorities, and change management. They partner with agile delivery leaders responsible for delivering releases on time and meeting quality standards, including non-functional security, performance, and reliability acceptance criteria.

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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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