Social, Agile and Transformation

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Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Business Responsibilities working with Agile Teams Part 1.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Social, Agile, Transformation Pages. agile planning. (17).

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The entire company realizes the importance of information technology; however, at the end of the day, the big question that every CIO needs to be able to answer is out of everything that they have on their plate, just exactly what are the hot items that really do deserve their attention?

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Delivering on time and on budget Completing software projects in a timely manner while staying within budget is a long-time challenge of software development. One possible solution is to embrace the agile methodology of software development. Any number of things can happen to cause delays and drive up costs.

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Future of CIO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Quality is a function of scope, budget, and resources. Agility is a model of performance without sacrificing the basic modularity of the business functions. Quality = Expected standard of products/services/information. Quality is a function of scope, budget, and resources. Cutting quality REDUCES agility.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 25, 2024

For instance, if you oversee security teams, you may want to consider the security-focused certifications, whereas if you manage an agile team, then project management and agile-focused certifications may be a better fit.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 1, 2024

1) GenAI budgets are growing exponentially Adoption of GenAI varies significantly across roles and company sizes. Technical leaders are at the forefront, demonstrating higher adoption rates and driving budget increases. While 34% of all respondents reported a 10-50% budget increase for GenAI, 22% witnessed a 50-100% rise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

These outdated systems are not only costly to maintain but also hinder the integration of new technologies, agility, and business value delivery. Budget constraints Barrier: IT modernization requires substantial investment, and budget constraints are a common hurdle.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Project scope During the planning phase, all project details must be solidified , including goals, deliverables, assumptions, roles, tasks, timeline, budget, resources, quality aspects, terms, and so on. Budget for surprises. Keep everyone informed and accountable.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Resorting to micromanagement or command-and-control “Micromanagement is one of the fastest ways to destroy IT culture,” says Jay Ferro, EVP and chief information, technology, and product officer at Clario. Below are 10 other ways to IT leaders damage their IT culture — and how to avoid it.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 17, 2023

Organizations have been transitioning away from legacy, monolithic platforms as these decades-old IT systems bog down management, flexibility, and agility with their tightly entangled components. Independently developing, testing, deploying, and scaling your infrastructure requires expertise, agility, and a shift in team responsibilities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You usually can’t move the needle on everything while working within typical budgets, so instead focus on moving the needle on the one or two things that really make the most difference,” Rasmussen advises. The one thing an IT leader should never do is sprinkle investments across multiple areas, Rasmussen says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. Teams need to have this information so they can quickly respond to issues and keep things on track.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. Even 20 people in a meeting takes too long.

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Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2024

“In fact, 88% of executives consider this essential to long-term success, recognizing that simplifying and integrating information sharing and data access are vital to derive benefits from hybrid cloud environments.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 22, 2022

Almost any IT pro can benefit from adding a project management certification to their list of IT credentials, showing you have the know-how to plan, schedule, budget, execute, deliver, and report on IT initiatives. Business value-oriented principles (BVOP ) is an agile-based framework that has grown in popularity in the UK.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. The Scrum master is the leader of a Scrum team and is responsible for championing a project, providing guidance to the team and product owner, and ensuring all agile practices are followed by team members. Others do not.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Controllers will be a new line item in the IT budget, and it’s expected that VM vendors would want to control the vSwitch, rack, and core as a single unit with their software. An organization with fairly stable IT operations where systems agility is not a competitive differentiator might hold off on investing in SDN.

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Cloud Musings

MAY 30, 2013

trillion in automatic spending cuts from the Federal budget over the next ten years. Forrester Research analyst Andrew Bartels expects that the Federal budget cuts will shave at least $12B out of 2013 U.S. Membership information available at https://www.ncoic.org/join/ ). It got our attention because the impact of it is $1.2

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Future of CIO

APRIL 30, 2013

Agility is not just the ability to change. But, what’re the new characteristics of Agile EA? Agile EA What Is Agility ? According to industry experts: Agility is not just the ability to change. Agile Enterprise Architecture is not a blueprint. Agile Enterprise Architecture is not a blueprint.

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Future of CIO

MAY 29, 2015

The industry study suggests that half of all large IT projects defined as those with initial price tags exceeding $15 million, massively blow their budgets. On average, large IT projects run 45 percent over budget and 7 percent over time, while delivering 55+ percent less value than predicted. Budgets are another.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 16, 2024

How legacy approaches create waste and stifle agility It isn’t just that traditional funding approaches aren’t aligned with current realities; it’s that they create waste and stifle agility—and actively work against many of the organization’s most critical goals. To learn more, please visit our People-Centric Planning page.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

Public services in smart cities operating at peak efficiency, deliver convenient access to accurate information, resources, and community engagement essentials. All the while, robust security measures keep personal information safe and private.

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Future of CIO

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Effective budgeting management, can flex to changing business needs. However, from a recently released IW survey report, IT budgeting process in many organizations still stuck in the past, half think their company’s budget process isn’t consistently flexible enough for changing business needs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 29, 2022

At the Victoria Department of Health, Hodgkinson championed agile methodologies — which were recognised across the Victoria public sector. He managed about 450 staff and 110 contractors with an operating budget of about $100 million, and annual project spend of as much as $160 million.

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Future of CIO

JUNE 24, 2015

With the exponential flow of information and accelerating disruption of technology, IT plays more significant role in the organization than ever. From leadership, structure, management perspective, how to improve IT agility, flexibility, and overall IT manageability? Then information management is truly a strategic matter.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Cloud costs will often — and rapidly — become large line items on budgets. If you ask someone, they’ll often recite a list of a dozen potential benefits of cloud — lower costs, better security, greater agility, and so on,” says Smith. How will we balance security, agility, and usability? There are other risks, too.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 27, 2024

The imperative for APMR According to IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 1 (January 2024), 23% of organizations are shifting budgets toward GenAI projects, potentially overlooking the crucial role of application portfolio modernization and rationalization (APMR). Employ AI and ML to assist in processes.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 26, 2023

Many companies have noted that, as they have increased their cybersecurity budgets, the number of cyber threats has also increased. It's no wonder that many businesses are taking hard looks at their technology budgets. But does spending more on cybersecurity mean that you'll be more vulnerable to attacks ? Let's take a closer look.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 26, 2023

They are accountable for the entire project scope , the project team and resources, the project budget, and the success or failure of the project. To succeed in their role, project managers must be adept at coordinating resources, managing budgets, measuring and tracking project progress, and communicating with team members and stakeholders.

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Future of CIO

JANUARY 10, 2020

The digital era upon us is about the exponential growth of information, abundant knowledge, and the rapid pace of changes. While information is an ingredient of knowledge; in order to interpret information, you need knowledge. Here is the philosophical and conceptual understanding of information vs. knowledge.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Business analysts need a “strong understanding of regulatory and reporting requirements as well as plenty of experience in forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis combined with understanding of key performance indicators,” according to Robert Half Technology.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 11, 2022

From infrastructure costs to finding the right talent, it seems that digital experiences are always requiring more attention and more budget. In short, marketers can create smarter, faster customer experiences that lead to a much more informed and agile brand overall.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As the technology subsists on data, customer trust and their confidential information are at stake—and enterprises cannot afford to overlook its pitfalls. For these data to be utilized effectively, the right mix of skills, budget, and resources is necessary to derive the best outcomes.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2022

TOGAF helps organize the development process through a systematic approach aimed at reducing errors, maintaining timelines, staying on budget, and aligning IT with business units to produce quality results. The Open Group developed TOGAF in 1995, and by 2016, 80% of Global 50 companies and 60% of Fortune 500 companies used the framework.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2023

The Data Governance Institute defines it as “a system of decision rights and accountabilities for information-related processes, executed according to agreed-upon models which describe who can take what actions with what information, and when, under what circumstances, using what methods.”

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