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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.” Digital Transformation, IT Leadership, Project Management Tools

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3 key digital transformation priorities for 2024

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As every CIO can attest, the aggregate demand for IT and data capabilities is straining their IT leadership teams. Underpinning these initiatives are digital transformation core competencies , which include design thinking, product management, agile methodologies, devops practices, citizen development, and data governance.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

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Here is a comparison of the three key roles within the PMO or EPMO, all are in high demand due to their leadership skill sets. Project manager : Plays the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing of individual projects. Organizations can have one or more project managers. Program manager: $85,796.

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A comparative assessment of digital transformation in Italy

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AMA’s change management activities aim to attract experienced big players in the private world, and learn about best practices of their CIOs and take cues to operationalize.

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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO

Expecting IT leaders to know how to lead transformation initiatives In my recent book, Digital Trailblazer , I advise CIOs to train and mentor leaders to drive transformation initiatives. These leaders often come from IT backgrounds, such as product management, program management, application development, data science, and IT operations.

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Novanta’s Sarah Betadam on transforming the IT model status quo

CIO

A self-confessed data analytics and research junkie, Betadam wrote a thesis presented to George Washington University a few years ago that outlines a contemporary model for IT program management that challenges many existing models, which she calls ‘overly subjective’ and less viable in today’s world.

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Ceiling breakers: Women IT execs shake up the status quo

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She took a position as a senior IT program manager, then global IT director and next delegate CIO. These CIO ceiling breakers are distinguished by a resolve to succeed at the highest levels of IT, an industry that continues to struggle with an employment, representation, pay, and leadership gap between men and women.

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