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What is SAFe? A framework for scaling business agility

CIO Business Intelligence

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) explained The Scaled Agile Framework encompasses a set of principles, processes, and best practices that helps larger organizations adopt agile methodologies , such as Lean, Kanban, and Scrum , to deliver high-quality products and services faster.

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Overcoming the 6 barriers to IT modernization

CIO Business Intelligence

These outdated systems are not only costly to maintain but also hinder the integration of new technologies, agility, and business value delivery. Also communicating clearly how the debt impacts business strategy and goals in an executive-friendly fashion is key.

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With Planning, the Cloud brings Agility and Portability

Eric D. Brown

When I speak to organizations about the cloud, I find the majority of them are using the cloud in some form or fashion today. One of the benefits that has always been used to sell cloud services is agility and responsiveness. This post is brought to you by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP’s Make It Matter.

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How H&M integrates tech into its stores

CIO Business Intelligence

After working in a traditional IT organization until 2019, H&M switched to working agile. It turned out to be more difficult to handle than was intended because the tech landscape wasn’t quite as agile as the organizational structure,” she says. “So But we see that what’s unique to us is not working with single garments.

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Are You Agile Enough for Polyglot Programming?

CTOvision

Luc Perkins (@ lucperkins ) says in his blog that the Obama campaign was unbelievably agile. He employed an agile framework that was modular and very iterative. The primary donation program was updated daily, and A/B testing occurred in real-time—that’s agile! Agility means changing direction rapidly while maintaining control.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO Business Intelligence

One possible solution is to embrace the agile methodology of software development. Agile calls for collaboration among cross-functional teams as well as end users, and promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, continual improvement, flexibility in responding to changes in requirements and early delivery of products.

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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO Business Intelligence

This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. Kanungo says a whole army approach doesn’t enable the agility required in the modern digital age where markets rapidly change. The success of that platform eventually transformed the business into a digitally-led company.