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Product-based IT: 6 key steps for making the switch

CIO Business Intelligence

Past shifts to agile methodologies helped as teams now had a product owne r to prioritize backlogs and adopted agile principles that empowered them to commit to a realistic amount of work. But many enterprises stopped their agile transformations at this layer.

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How To Onboard Startups

Forrester IT

The former have the customer base, budget, and scale that the latter crave. And startups bring speed and agility and can help enterprises experiment with emerging technologies and business models. Large corporates and startups seems like a match made in heaven.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

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. This certification demonstrates your ability to work on or lead an agile team.

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Vendor consolidation a hot-button topic for CIOs as they try to manage the tensions between innovation and efficiency

CIO Business Intelligence

New Methodologies – Agile methodology is more needed than ever, so organisations can experiment, measure outcomes, and learn fast. Governance and Ownership – striking the right balance between retaining the right level of control while also allowing the Agile approach to thrive is critical.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

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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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

CIO Business Intelligence

And with infrastructure and application modernization cited as key reasons for CIOs’ budget increases this year, according to the 2024 State of the CIO Survey, that pace is not fast enough. Instead, experts advise using agile principles for quick wins and incremental advancements whenever possible.

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The Holistic IT Governance

Future of CIO

It takes strategic and systematic thinking and a holistic IT governance approach in running an Agile IT. Begin with the CIO identifying every component of the cost associated with "keeping the lights on", then the currently approved projects by title, executive sponsor, budget, schedule, and resources dedicated to each project.