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

CIO

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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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

CIO

Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value. Good governance is the telemetry on that investment, from which operational and tactical plans can be adjusted and focused to achieve strategic objectives,” he says.

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A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged

TechCrunch

The startup’s second layoff comes with a more specific strategic plan for what’s next, while its first layoff was largely attributed to changes in the capital and accelerator markets. No executives were impacted. ” With the second round of layoffs officially confirmed, Tenev struck a different tone.

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Leaping Ahead; A Federal Bridge to Transition Cyber-related Products at the Department of Homeland Security

CTOvision

TTP was created as a result of the White House’s Federal Cybersecurity R & D Strategic Plan as well as the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). CSD involvement is in the full spectrum cycles of the cybersecurity landscape; research, development, testing, evaluation, and transition.

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The Tip of the Spear II: Connecting Big Data Project Management with Enterprise Data Strategy

CTOvision

Technical and analytical skills must be accompanied by effective planning, oversight, and management in order to ensure that the data analysis “spear” is being thrown in the right direction. Ideally a portfolio of projects will support an organization’s strategic plan and the goals or missions the organization is charged with pursuing.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Training is unfairly blamed and scapegoated for pieces of the organizational mosaic that Strategic Planning and cohesive corporate Vision should have addressed early-on. Research shows that training investments foregone are multiplied six-fold in opportunity costs each year that action is put off. Accept and embrace change.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: U.S. To Award Millions in AI Cyber Tool Contest, While NIST Revamps Cybersecurity Framework

Tenable

1 – White House contest to spur development of AI cyber tools To promote the development of AI-powered cybersecurity products, the White House and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week unveiled a two-year competition with about $20 million in prizes. 2 – NIST releases Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 draft The U.S.

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