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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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How Agile Teams Can Stay Focused While Resolving IT Service Management Tickets

Social, Agile and Transformation

Agile and ITSM responsibilities can coexist with effective time management, optimizations, and SLA adjustments. Clear communication of new strategies and measuring impact will enhance agile capacities while minimizing disruptions to service-level agreements and team burnout.

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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Moreover, undertaking digital transformation and technology modernization programs without an architect can lead to delays, technical debt , higher costs, and security vulnerabilities. What agile leadership looks like Redefining how architects collaborate with agile teams is one way to improve business-IT collaboration and outcomes.

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10 ways to kill your IT culture

CIO Business Intelligence

Cultivating high-performance teams , recruiting leaders, retaining talent, and continuously improving digital KPIs are hallmarks of strong IT cultures — but their metrics lag the CIO’s culture-improving programs. Worse, issues that undermine IT culture may not appear in these KPIs or employee satisfaction surveys for months.

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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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AI humanoid robots inch their way toward the workforce

CIO Business Intelligence

AI is really the brain driving humanoid robots like Agility, Tesla Optimus, and Boston Dynamics Atlas. Today, key vendors xAI, Meta, IBM, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Figure.ai, FourierIntelligence, and Sanctuary.ai have plans to develop AI humanoid robots that can reason and adapt.

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