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7 Rewarding Career Paths for the Fearless Agile Program Manager

Social, Agile and Transformation

Agile program managers are facing significant risks amid tech layoffs, with 8.3% As agile methodologies rise, some roles are declining. Career paths for agile program managers include transitioning to technical leadership, product management, data governance, and more. impacted in recent cuts.

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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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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

In the State of Enterprise Architecture 2023 , only 26% of respondents fully agreed that their enterprise architecture practice delivered strategic benefits, including improved agility, innovation opportunities, improved customer experiences, and faster time to market.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

To do so, CIOs must continuously improve their product management, program management, and delivery capabilities to wow customers and deliver competitive advantages, all while steering clear of surefire DX mistakes such as prioritizing too many initiatives and underinvesting in developing digital trailblazers.

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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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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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How to be a Program Manager in Agile Organizations

Social, Agile and Transformation

"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.