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How Experts in Change Management Lead a Successful Digital Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

Their vision statement was to pilot process changes and new technologies to improve patient experiences while simplifying work for doctors, nurses, and administrators. They asked me to train their project managers on agile methodologies and apply agile/scrum to several

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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

CIO Business Intelligence

Ask CIOs about their biggest digital transformation challenges, and they’re likely to cite people issues or what experts identify as gaps in change management practices. When CIOs can’t drive change, new digital products and technology capabilities can become shelfware, and the business value is delayed or diminished.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). The focus on a people-oriented culture sets it apart from other project management certification programs. Requirements: General familiarity with Scrum; completion of two-day CSM training course. CompTIA Project+.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

Exam fee: $270 for the e-course and exam; $170 for the exam Expiration: Does not expire Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) The CSM certification from Scrum Alliance is designed to certify you as a point person to help Scrum teams work efficiently. It covers Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD).

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What is a project manager? The lead role for project success

CIO Business Intelligence

Closing phase: To complete a project, project managers must close all phases and procurements, settle budgets, hand over deliverables, conduct project post-mortems and reports, and return personnel to the resource pool Project management skills Effective project managers need more than technical know-how.

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NLP helps Eli Lilly work at a global scale

CIO Business Intelligence

Initially, we did not have a dedicated Scrum master and product owner, but later we were able to adjust that. Once improved, we had to work diligently to ramp up our [organizational change management] efforts to gain confidence in the tool.”. The product was developed via a DevSecOps agile framework,” Coleman says.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

But speaking to many IT leaders, there are often gaps between how IT runs Scrum, Kanban, or other agile practices and what CIOs need in order to achieve digital transformation objectives. Apply agile methodologies to the full lifecycle of an iterative program, including planning, delivery, change management, and communications.

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