CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The need for efficient software development has taken on greater importance as enterprises introduce more and more digital services and add automation capabilities to enhance business processes. Managing software projects might not be at the top of CIOs’ priority lists , but it is something that IT leaders will have to master.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

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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Social, Agile and Transformation

MARCH 18, 2013

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 Five Key Agile Practices to Support Architects.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JULY 25, 2022

Here’s a question I think about a lot when leading digital transformations and guiding agile teams. How should I think about team happiness? Why and how is team happiness important? How should I determine whether and to what extent the team is happy?” - from Digital Trailblazer.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The following perspectives will help you better understand what motivates and mystifies developers and can guide your thinking on how to be the leader your team needs. The space and time to innovate will lead to better software that handles the vicissitudes of business. What’s an IT leader to do? Cultivate business awareness.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 23, 2024

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are becoming valuable in larger organizations looking for efficient project delivery, reduced time-to-market, and ways to provide better stakeholder value. Scaled Agile: Scaled Agile is a key provider of agile training, courses, and certification, including SAFe.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

What CIOs can do: Avoid and reduce data debt by incorporating data governance and analytics responsibilities in agile data teams , implementing data observability , and developing data quality metrics. One area CIOs can control is governing whether and how to implement customization to avoid business rule complexities wired into code.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Which software development methodology is best? As a CIO I suspect that you are well aware that there are a number of different ways that your IT teams can go about developing software (and doing a lot of other things). It all begins with the waterfall approach to developing software.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 6, 2022

Focusing on speed, scale and software innovation, the event will gather technology executives to discuss both strategy and concrete implementation tactics. Shamim Mohammad, EVP and chief information and technology officer at CarMax , will present a case study on how the cloud enables the company’s signature “Instant Offer” feature.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s already optimizing employee experiences and business workflows, including software development. And when software agility increasingly correlates with business success, adopting AI to speed up app development and enable developer velocity will be table stakes for any modern business.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In my last post, I discussed shallow commitments, an agile tool team can use to negotiate with product owners when they are asked to commit to more stories in a sprint above their velocity and comfort zone. Teams commit as usual and then define several stories that sit in the shallows.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 31, 2024

You wouldnt hire someone who doesnt know how to write code to develop your software, so why would you expect a project manager or business analyst to drive change management? Change management is a specialized discipline, just like business analysis, user experience development, or business analysis.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 15, 2022

That’s what’s driven us toward the concept of the Agile Scrum, a philosophy that Broadcom Software decided to adopt for our international sales team. . Agile and Scrum are often thought to be one and the same, but they’re not. Agile is a set of principles while Scrum is a framework for getting work done. Team Personified.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

A colleague and friend recently asked me whether agile practices were appropriate when managing development on lowcode or aPaaS (application Platform as a Service) technologies.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

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 How to Conduct an Agile Story Sizing Meeting.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 15, 2014

and my favorite question, "How will your work help customers?". agile software development innovation it management organizational change project management' , "Who is also working on this requirement and what are they doing?", This is far more than just getting in touch with the staff and understanding what''s going on.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 6, 2023

Certifications to look for include the Docker Certified Associate (DCA), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, and Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

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 Were an Agile Family! agile planning. (17).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 24, 2013

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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 2, 2023

He had to figure out how to get on the same page with people who often had very different ideas about how to proceed. As co-founder of Kessel Run, the USAF’s agile software development lab, he knows a thing or two about how to deal with deeply hierarchical organizations.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

MARCH 8, 2015

Many teams struggle with defining "good" Agile Stories. Newly formed agile teams sometimes struggle with the basics, "What is a story?" agile planning agile software development innovation leadership organizational change software development'

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Social, Agile and Transformation

MAY 31, 2022

Do you have a partnership with business colleagues and stakeholders aligned to agile practices, culture, and mindset?

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 23, 2013

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.

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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.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

"We don't need program managers," said the agile leader. Surely, many of the responsibilities we expected of program and project managers have shifted since the pre-agile world. . Let's think about that for a few seconds.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 17, 2022

By Milan Shetti, CEO Rocket Software. Agile development has served its purpose over the years, but many forward-thinking companies believe its value in their businesses is lessening. To learn more, visit Rocket Software. Devops, IT Leadership, Software Development

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2024

Modern digital organisations tend to use an agile approach to delivery, with cross-functional teams, product-based operating models , and persistent funding. But to deliver transformative initiatives, CIOs need to embrace the agile, product-based approach, and that means convincing the CFO to switch to a persistent funding model.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

AUGUST 11, 2010

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 How To Get a Team to Think Agile.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

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 Three Agile Insights Working With Offshore Teams.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you're concerned about the technical debt accumulated by your organization, then consider developing ways to capture and measure it. In my last post, I suggest teams should target nimble architectures and leverage agile principles that enable iterating on the design.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

SEPTEMBER 15, 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 Getting to Agile Programs. For another post.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

AUGUST 19, 2024

Gather a DevOps or data science team to define the architecture for a new application, data lakehouse, or AI service, and you’re likely to run into debates on technical approaches and disputes on platforms. When reviewing implementation options, teams will question which standards apply and are key factors in making technical decisions.

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Flexagon

DECEMBER 10, 2022

If, like me, you have worked in organizations that have successfully implemented scrum within your product teams, you are familiar with the scaling challenges across teams: managing dependencies, aligning and coordinating work, maintaining consistency and achieving agility at scale. And, how do you deal with cross team dependencies?

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Social, Agile and Transformation

DECEMBER 29, 2008

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 Top 5 Attributes of Talented Agile Developers.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

AUGUST 21, 2012

It's a topic I've confronted at organizations adopting agile and I hear all the barriers, "it's not accurate", "don't hold me accountable to it", "isn't estimating a waterfall process?". I love this post, Why Estimate? Mike's points are dead on. You estimated to help make decisions on what NOT to do.

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