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Agile, DevOps, and COVID-19

Forrester IT

We talk about Agile and DevOps, of course, but also extend into related areas like portfolio management and security. Every other Friday, we have a meeting of the “DevOps Theme Team,” a group of Forrester analysts focused on next generation IT management approaches.

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USPTO’s agile course ignites change

CIO Business Intelligence

Of course, sometimes you just need to be kicked in the pants to realize you’re doing something that really is awesome. Of course, you also have to do CIO stuff. So, we very much adhere to an agile school of thought to plan, do, check, and then adjust the model.

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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO Business Intelligence

The agile methodology, which facilitates collaboration between stakeholders, teams, and customers during software development, is fast gaining prominence in today’s enterprises. The Scrum master leads this process, providing guidance to the team and product owner and ensuring agile practices are followed by team members.

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Cisco CIO Fletcher Previn talks culture: ‘They can steal your technology, but not your philosophy’

Network World

The roadmap is based on three fundamental pillars, with a goal of achieving an agile organization with a capacity for innovation and operational resilience to face the uncertain future that is looming on the horizon. The first of these pillars is related to user experience.

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5 Recommendations on How Much To Invest in Agile and Scrum Courses

Social, Agile and Transformation

Are you considering getting formally trained or certified in agile methodologies or scrum? Are you looking to become a certified scrum master, or maybe get trained in an agile framework such as SAFe or LeSS, or specialize in agile transformation with classes like StarCIO Agile Planning?

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7 tell-tale signs of fake agile

CIO Business Intelligence

The same is not true, sadly, for many agile project management and development initiatives. Too often, an organization may launch something that looks like an agile program, calls itself an agile program, claims to operate like an agile program, yet really isn’t an agile program in the least.

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7 signs it’s time to modernize your IT systems

CIO Business Intelligence

“Ensure that your plan supports one or more of your organization’s key business strategy goals, such as improving agility, reducing costs, boosting security, or enhancing customer experience.” CIOs should be ready to course-correct during their modernization efforts, which means they will need a way to keep track of progress.”

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