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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO

Transformation efforts can be derailed for any number of reasons, but there are several common themes as to why digital initiatives fall short — and most revolve around leadership. IT leaders must work with business leadership to help establish a clear understanding of digital transformation goals and a practical roadmap for achieving them.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO

Solutions architect Solutions architects are responsible for building, developing, and implementing systems architecture within an organization, ensuring that they meet business or customer needs. They’re also charged with assessing a business’ current system architecture, and identifying solutions to improve, change, and modernize it.

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Software Architect Role, Skills, and Impact on Product Success

Altexsoft

There are dozens of definitions for a software or technical architect, but in most general terms a person holding this position drives all critical decisions about the organization of the software system. An architect researches existing technical possibilities, a product manager analyzes market opportunities for a new product.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

Project management. People with project management skills are adept at navigating the politics of an organization, understanding how to work with stakeholders, and managing expectations. This might be a product manager or senior developer. If not, you don’t necessarily need to hire people with those titles.

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What is SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)?

Openxcell

You can design the project with clarity. The project cannot jump from one stage to another until it completes the prior stage, and the project manager signs it off. You can create a formal review at the end of each phase to give you maximum management control. The project can continuously loop around until perfect.

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Before There Was Management

LeanEssays

We spend a morning with a senior project manager at the company – the guy who coordinated 60 people in the development of a spectacular product in record time. For example, the project manager of the hardware/software product (above) laid out a series of increasingly sophisticated prototypes scheduled about three months apart.

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22 Health IT Experts Reveal the Single Best Way to Simplify Interoperability in Healthcare IT

Datica

In support of the organization’s strategic business needs, he provides executive leadership and oversight for the company’s software development, support, and go-to-market strategy. If healthcare leadership is able to figure this out, a large part of the interoperability challenge will be solved. @PharmaPointRx. Tom Feltham.