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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO

The intersection of agile software development practices and ‘traditional’ project management remains a challenge for many organizations,” Chowning says. “By This limits organizations’ ability to prioritize portfolios, plan for capacity, manage dependencies and connect goals to outcomes, Kelly says.

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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

Rate of change “The most important metric for IT success is rate of change,” says Nicolas Avila, CTO for North America at IT and software development company Globant. This metric becomes more successful as increasing effort is expended to reduce problems before they are reported.” Here they are.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

I even got this particular section framed and hung up at our office: Your mission Let's say you were employed as a CTO behind the front lines and you wanted to destroy productivity for as long as you can without getting caught. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Blame the previous CTO.

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How Much Does It Cost to Hire IT Consultants in 2022?

Mobilunity

In this case, companies often seek the consulting support of niche specialists. IT consulting allows to boost a company’s productivity, support its growth, and increase revenues. In this article, we introduce you to the concept of IT consulting and its significance for businesses. Overview of IT Consulting.

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO

But strategically important digital transformations should be protected “because they set you up over time and create more flexibility and adaptability,” says Andrew Blau, MD and US leader, eminence and insights, at Deloitte Consulting. They ended up bringing most of those people back, at consulting rates, for six months.”

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These Cloud Services are CTO Favorites

GreenBar

In a previous post I looked at how the adoption of not only cloud-based software platforms but ancillary cloud-based services has really taken off, supported by a robust ecosystem of third-party SAAS tools for project management, testing, QA, monitoring, analytics, collaboration, etc. Also published on CTO Craft.

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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more

CIO

Glassdoor is a great starting point for researching salaries; while the data is mostly self-reported, it does provide an good first approximation of what you can expect. Senior product managers earn an average salary of $188,001 per year, while principal product managers earn an average salary of $223,534 per year.