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Vendor management: The key to productive partnerships

CIO Business Intelligence

What is vendor management? Vendor management helps organizations take third-party vendor relationships from a passive business transaction to a proactive collaborative partnership. While working with IT vendors can help ease the burden on IT, it also raises concerns, especially around data, risk, and security.

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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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Your CEO has little idea who IT is or what IT does

CIO Business Intelligence

Executives need to understand and hopefully have a respected relationship with the following IT dramatis personae : IT operations director, development director, CISO, project management office (PMO) director, enterprise architecture director, governance and compliance Director, vendor management director, and innovation director.

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How Birmingham’s $48M Oracle ERP project turned into an epic failure

CIO Business Intelligence

In a damning audit report , Grant Thornton has exposed how the project implementation turned into a cautionary tale of project mismanagement, highlighting critical failures in governance, technical oversight, and vendor management that continue to impact the councils core operations.

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7 early warning signs of a dying IT project

CIO Business Intelligence

Everyone knew what was at stake and why the project took so long. Other IT projects aren’t like that. If projects start to lag, or if enthusiasm wanes, it’s time for CIOs and project managers to check in. Could it be that you’re working on a dying project? The cost of a failed project is significant.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

For instance, if you oversee security teams, you may want to consider the security-focused certifications, whereas if you manage an agile team, then project management and agile-focused certifications may be a better fit.

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Project manager The role of project manager is important for planning, executing, and completing IT projects on time and on budget. As organizations across every industry take on digital transformation, having project managers to help lead IT projects is a top priority.