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What is SAFe? A framework for scaling business agility

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Key elements of SAFe: Value streams and agile release trains At the core of any successful SAFe implementation are value streams and agile release trains (ARTs). The third level, Large Solution Level, involves two or more ARTs coordinated as a solution train. Apply systems thinking into all facets of development.

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Salesforce certification guide: Roles, paths, exams, cost, training, requirements

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The most performant CRM system today, Salesforce is a core technology for digital business, and its associated applications and ecosystem help make it in a leading platform for those seeking a lucrative IT career. Salesforce Administrator A Salesforce Certified Administrator manages and maintains an organization’s Salesforce CRM system.

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4 steps to connect change management and DevOps

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By cross-training operations and engineering, development teams can move faster through better collaboration, making continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) a reality for organizations. Incorporate extensive testing and validation for each change Ten years ago, the DevOps development process was develop, develop, develop, test.

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Governance and Fighting the Curse of Complexity

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The Burgeoning Complexity of IT and Security Solutions On a business level, complexity comes from growth through acquisition – when enterprises inherit systems of record and of work that, more often than not, are different from one another. Training and awareness. Testing vendor solutions. Password strategies. Encryption.

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Know before you go: 6 lessons for enterprise GenAI adoption

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We’re using our own databases, testing against our own needs, and building around specific problem sets. Lesson 1: Don’t start from scratch to train your LLM model Massive amounts of data and computational resources are needed to train an LLM. That makes it impractical to train an LLM from scratch.

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

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Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits. Yet, when remote facility plans, such as employee home offices, are conceptualized, their ROIs focus mostly on savings due to the reduced square footage needed for leased office space.

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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

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Martin Davis, CIO and managing partner at Dunelm Associates, says not to declare success too early : “Too many projects prematurely declare success at the point of process or system implementation and fail to recognize that change management efforts must continue for some time after implementation to realize the full value.”