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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

When possible, refer all matters to committees for “further study and consideration” Attempt to make committees as large as possible — never less than five. You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems.

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8 ways IT can help supercharge your sales team

CIO

Building sales requires a well-equipped sales team, and in today’s digital world, that means IT must become a strong support partner. But aligning with sales leaders on transformative technology initiatives takes more than just rolling out their tech of choice.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

“Organizations often get services and applications up and running without having put stewardship in place,” says Marc Johnson, CISO and senior advisor at Impact Advisors, a healthcare management consulting firm. If not, the results can include poor data quality, lack of consistency, and noncompliance with regulations, among other issues.

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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

The most effective approach to achieve success, he adds, is to study metrics across all adoption performance areas. 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. Metrics provide a means to monitor progress.”

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9 tips for achieving IT service delivery excellence

CIO

IT service delivery enables an organization to give end users access to essential IT services by designing, developing, and deploying key technology resources, including applications and data. Develop a structured service catalog and adapt Achieving service delivery excellence is not a one-size-fits-all process.

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10 mistakes rookie CIOs make — and how to avoid them

CIO

Brian Jackson, research director in the CIO practice at Info-Tech Research Group, has studied how CIOs tackle their first 100 days in the role and has found that many new IT chiefs think there’s no need to clean house. Get to know your peers, their teams, your team, and the overall organization before taking a too-aggressive approach.

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Better, faster decisions: Why businesses thrive on real-time data

CIO

In Foundry’s 2022 Data & Analytics Study , 88% of IT decision-makers agree that data collection and analysis have the potential to fundamentally change their business models over the next three years. Nichol ( @PeterBNichol ), Chief Technology Officer at OROCA Innovations.

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