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The lazy CIO’s guide to better IT investment

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Youre under this pressure unless youve given up and relinquished responsibility for formulating the organizations technology vision to a chief digital officer, chief technology officer, or some other titled individual whose job is to make promises you as CIO are supposed to keep. Dont do that.

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Product-based IT: 6 key steps for making the switch

CIO Business Intelligence

People in business functions didnt want to give up their project mindsets and control of getting what they needed from IT in the timelines required. As SaaS and other technology companies began to abandon traditional project management, product-based IT became a bold shift to business value.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

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The intersection of agile software development practices and ‘traditional’ project management remains a challenge for many organizations,” Chowning says. “By This can present a dilemma, as the software development practice and the project management practice try to proceed in two completely different and disconnected approaches.”

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AI In Project Management

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Read Ronald Schmelzer’s article in Forbes focusing on how AI is being used to transform project management. Ever since humans have had people and projects to manage, we’ve had challenges keeping the projects on time, on budget, and people on task.

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Project manager interview questions: 5 key areas to prep for

CIO Business Intelligence

Good news: You’ve landed an interview for a project manager job. We spoke to a range of career specialists and coaches, along with folks who’ve supervised and hired project managers, to get insights into the sorts of questions you can expect at a PM job interview — and how you should prepare to answer them.

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AFFIRM Panel: Kirit Amin’s Concepts Continue To Have Positive Influence In Government Business Models

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Kirit Amin , Deputy CIO and Chief Technology Officer, US Department of Commerce. Sonny Hashmi , Acting Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration. Param Soni , Chief Architect, Environmental Protection Agency. Pete Tseronis , Chief Technology Officer, Department of Energy.

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6 ways you’re failing at change management

CIO Business Intelligence

Instead, they should consider partnering with experts who practice change management for a living, Hafez advises. 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?