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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO

Each phase intersects with any of 10 knowledge areas, which include: integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk procurement, and stakeholder management. PMOs and EPMOs both help organizations apply a standard approach to shepherding projects from initiation to closure.

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

CIO

Project management office (PMO) definition A project management office (PMO) is a group, or functional unit, that sets, maintains, and enforces the practices, policies, and standards for structuring and executing projects within an organization. A good PMO drives discipline, communication, and orchestration.

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PCI compliance: The best defense is a great defense

CIO

includes numerous updates and 64 new requirements designed to help organizations more effectively defend themselves in the face of efforts to compromise and steal payment card data. The best defenders of payment card data are organizations that consider its safekeeping crucial. To these organizations, compliance with PCI DSS v4.0

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A comparative assessment of digital transformation in Italy

CIO

CIOs are at the forefront of this as they help shepherd their organizations through digitalization. Digital is a powerful business lever,” says Alessandra Luksch, director of the Digital Transformation Academy Observatory at Politecnico di Milano, which has been mapping trends in ICT spending by Italian organizations since 2016. “In

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Women IT leaders take center stage

CIO

Early in her career as a program management specialist at AT&T, Balaban became an active member with the Project Management Institute’s New Jersey chapter, which put her front and center at plenty of events. And when we demonstrate our thought leadership, there can be a backlash.” First, you serve as a role model.

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The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

Experience to Lead

Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership What Is Emotional Intelligence? What is the Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership? In my mind, the true importance of emotional intelligence in leadership and business is building and nurturing connections with people that make you better.

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3 key roles for driving digital success

CIO

As such, organizations must evolve their digital strategies with market changes, such as the shift to remote work in 2020, the evolution to hyperautomation in 2022, and how generative AI will now require CIOs to overhaul their roadmaps. Another study of 4,000 global organizations found that only 44% had a high digital maturity.