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Mending the rift between business stakeholders and development teams

Xebia

In today’s business world, the synergy between stakeholders, product management and development teams are paramount. Customer’s problem At one of our major clients at Xebia customers complained, that the project velocity was inconsistent, while the development team seemed perpetually busy.

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5 surefire ways to derail a digital transformation (without knowing it)

CIO

CIOs can’t be involved in every strategic discussion or dive into every initiative’s details, but there are several high-level signs that indicate a digital transformation may be destined to underperform, especially as CIOs add initiatives. But are product managers developing market- and customer-driven roadmaps and prioritized backlogs?

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

The proper use of unstructured data will become of increasing importance to IT leaders,” says Kevin Miller, CTO of enterprise software developer IFS. “It Decentralizing data teams Similar to creating silos, decentralizing data teams can create problems for organizations and diminish value. “An

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How the new AI executive order stacks up: B-

CIO

As other recent technology waves have taught us, developments will simply come too fast for such an approach and will be driven by the speed of private industry. It is a very powerful technology, and while it is not inherently good or bad, given its sheer power, guardrails must be put into place. AI must be regulated.

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8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture

CIO

Long-term success is generally the result of leaders who make a committed effort to connect directly with their teams, rather than simply issuing memos, edicts, and other top-down commands. Projects that really excite our teams.” Our IT team has an opportunity to be on the forefront of tech innovation.

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For successful AI projects, celebrate your graveyard and be prepared to fail fast

TechCrunch

AI teams invest a lot of rigor in defining new project guidelines. In the absence of clear guidelines, teams let infeasible projects drag on for months. They put up a dog and pony show during project review meetings for fear of becoming the messengers of bad news. Developing the AI solution is only half the battle.

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Outsourcing Software Development Best Practices

Luis Goncalves

Product development is a long and laborious process. And because of this more and more companies are using Outsourcing Software Development services to help them to reduce the time to market. Product Management and Software Development: The Big Clash. Software development is not an easy feat.