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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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3 powerful lessons of using data governance frameworks

CIO

Managing data and using data should be considered a portfolio of actions,” says Thomas. When a good framework is defined, the CIO should be able to hand off tasks to different teams with full confidence not only that they’ll be performed accurately, but the outcome will contribute to achieving the overall goal.”

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO

Business leaders expect IT to develop new products, improve customer experiences, automate workflows, and deliver new artificial intelligence capabilities. Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO

As a result, many new car companies are created and competition increases, says Tobias Altehed, who leads Volvo Cars’ digital organization and sits on the company’s extended management team. We need to take greater responsibility for the development of our digital products and not act as an internal supplier to our business.”

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CIOs grapple with the ethics of implementing AI

CIO

Making ethical AI a team sport Plexus Worldwide is one organization using AI to identify fraudulent account creation and transactions, says Alan McIntosh, CIO and CTO of the $500 million global health and wellness company. This team establishes the company’s risk tolerance, acceptable use cases and restrictions, and applicable disclosures.

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A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged

TechCrunch

According to Nolan Church, the CEO and co-founder of fractional work platform Continuum, there are a few reasons that a founder may have to do two rounds of layoffs in quick succession: business getting worse, poor forecasting, or both. The company did not say which teams and roles were impacted, or if any C-suite members were let go.

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Evaluating a Microservice Architecture

Tandem

Microservice architecture has been a hot topic in the realm of software development for a while now. However, like any technology, it has its strengths and weaknesses. This adaptability also enables teams to adopt a more agile approach to software development, allowing them to quickly respond to customer needs.