Luis Goncalves

APRIL 11, 2025

This guide explores essential frameworks, common pitfalls, and proven strategies to transform your promising venture into a market leader. Attempting to scale before achieving product-market fit is a common reason for startup failure. Companies maintaining agility during scaling can seize opportunities rigid organizations miss.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In the event of eliminating or reducing agile work, 68% of Italians would remain where they are but would start looking for a new job, and 7% would leave immediately even without an alternative, according to recruiting company Hays Italia and law firm Daverio & Florio. This program has its own planning and also a dedicated budget.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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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CIO

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Youre losing sight of the overall aim and not respecting employee concerns Instead of viewing change management as a set of static processes, leverage it as a dynamic capability that fosters agility and resilience. A common misconception, Mohanty says, is underestimating changes emotional and psychological aspects.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This role requires a deep understanding of market dynamics, consumer behavior, and technological trends, enabling the organization to adapt to changes and lead them. These efforts have resulted in personalized marketing and improved operational efficiency, underscoring the tangible benefits of a digital-first strategy.

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CIO

APRIL 21, 2025

Rising IT infrastructure prices could balloon budgets and force CIOs to delay or prioritize the most important projects, says Mark Moccia, a vice president and research director at Forrester. Its going to be a tough year for banks to meet our budget and [be] where we want to be as an organization due to the uncertainly around tariffs.

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CIO

JANUARY 26, 2023

IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% The year 2023 seems to be no different. We obviously won’t cut investments here.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. But the next eighteen months aren’t shaping up to be as challenging as some may fear.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

For example, in the online job market, optimizing search algorithms and AI-driven candidate-job matching directly impacts user engagement and revenue. When both technology and business leadership understand each others challenges and objectives, it becomes easier to adapt to market shifts from a holistic viewpoint, says Shajy Thomas.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Early-stage startup marketers must walk a fine line: Everyone is free to chime in on their work, and campaign budgets for pre-revenue companies are notoriously thin. Here’s who we talked to: Cam Sinclair, director/marketeer, Ammo. Here’s who we talked to: Cam Sinclair, director/marketeer, Ammo.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

While strong communication skills and an ability to remain agile are crucial for a cloud architect, there are plenty of other technical and soft skills required for the job, too. Its a constantly evolving field, and the job requires someone who can stay on top of the latest trends and technologies.

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Luis Goncalves

JUNE 6, 2018

It’s interesting that a lot of IT projects are considered as failures even though the development teams were able to submit the output on time and within budget. Luckily, the agile method does away with most of these problems, making it easier to manage and close projects on a high note. What is Agile Portfolio Management?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Market shifts, mergers, geopolitical events, and the pandemic have further driven IT to deploy point solutions, increasing complexity. CIOs report that moving data between cloud providers often incurs significant costs and technical challenges, reducing the cloud’s promised agility.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

TechCrunch: As a developer for hire, how involved do you get when helping clients validate ideas before they bring their apps to market? We are here to help them with product discovery and strategy, market analysis, UX/UI design, smoke testing, usability testing, and everything else that is needed to get it right.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2025

Our take: CIOs must focus on smart spending rather than indiscriminate budget slashing. Accelerating digital transformation is essential to optimize business processes, and reducing technology debt will enhance agility and efficiency. See also: 10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid.) (See also: 10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid.)

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2025

Navigator: As technology landscapes and market dynamics change, enterprise architects help businesses navigate through complexity and uncertainty, ensuring that the organization remains on course despite evolving challenges. There are trade-offs of consistency and maintainability versus agility that need to be carefully decided upon.

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CIO

APRIL 23, 2024

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are becoming valuable in larger organizations looking for efficient project delivery, reduced time-to-market, and ways to provide better stakeholder value. Scaled Agile: Scaled Agile is a key provider of agile training, courses, and certification, including SAFe.

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CIO

AUGUST 11, 2022

For marketers and brands, this level of digital adoption and savviness is a double-edged sword. Digital engagement with consumers and businesses allows marketers to understand their base in a much more fundamental way than traditional marketing methods. Crucially, this remains true whether you serve consumers or businesses.

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CIO

MAY 12, 2025

The reasons are clear: businesses need to be agile and innovative yet cost-efficient to stay competitive, and the cloud is the foundation of those objectives. For IT decision-makers in the mid-market, this environment calls for cautious budgeting and a more strategic approach to cloud investments.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I’ve seen projects falter when IT leaders fail to recognize non-traditional stakeholders like marketing teams using unsanctioned tools,” says Leonard. “In Business leaders can’t wait until next year for another budget to get approved.” In one case, this oversight led to a fragmented IT landscape and security vulnerabilities.”

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James Shore

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Investing in Agility. One of the recurring themes in this book is that, in order to be Agile, your organization has to buy in to the underlying Agile philosophy. They’re the secret to Agile success.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Contentstack , a startup that offers a headless content management system (or a “content experience platform” in marketing-speak), today announced that it has raised a $57.5 Even startups on tight budgets can maximize their marketing impact. million Series B round. million Series A round in October 2019.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2022

When businesses migrate to public cloud, they expect to enjoy greater agility, resiliency, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency. The capacity to innovate and respond to changing market conditions in a rapid manner is even more vital. Agility is not always well understood,” explains DePerro.

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RapidValue

AUGUST 12, 2020

In our previous blog , we had discussed the key Agile metrics that businesses use to optimize their product development processes. Taking the topic further, in this blog post, we are going to delve into the benefits of agile methodology that have helped it gain traction in the world of software development.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

While many marketers are reallocating budget away from these platforms, and prioritizing more stable channels like Google Adwords and Amazon Marketing, there are always new opportunities born of shifts in the market. Most recently, media technology stocks have become highly volatile for a host of reasons.

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Xebia

JANUARY 9, 2024

So your company is heavily investing in working Agile. Now that we’re fully Agile, shouldn’t we be delivering much faster? The good news is that it is possible to maximize business agility potential and speed up your product delivery. Keen to hold on to or even improve your market position?

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In a recent global survey , 86% of participants said their organizations had dedicated budget to generative AI, but three-quarters admitted to significant concerns about data privacy and security. As part of its model, SAS has an AI Oversight committee that might reject a generative AI marketing message as inappropriate, for example.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 15, 2023

One of the pillars of the ADAPT Methodology™ is the Agility part, that`s why talking about Agile Transformation Mistakes is very important! In this blog post, we make you aware of 14 common Agile Transformation Mistakes that you must avoid at any cost! Agile Transformation Mistakes 1. This roadmap will help you!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Her background includes two master’s degrees — in international business and marketing — and she spent 5+ years working in large international corporations. Furthermore, we both had seen firsthand how terrifyingly crippling waterfall and broken agile could be for the progress of a project. What’s your typical timeline?

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Perficient

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In the past, turning that idea into a functional app would’ve meant weeks, if not months, of development time, countless meetings with IT, and a significant budget allocation. The Rise of the Citizen Developer Meet Alex, a marketing manager at a bustling retail company. Your Turn to Build So, where does this leave you?

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Mobilunity

JANUARY 28, 2025

At the same time, poor cloud cost management is destructive for businesses, as, besides obvious overspending, resource inefficiency, and budget overruns, it can cause other, hidden and long-term consequences. This alignment confirms that financial decisions are informed by both technical needs and budget constraints.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game. Namrita prioritizes agility as a virtue.

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CIO

MAY 4, 2022

Ceridian SVP and CIO Carrie Rasmussen got a 7% bump in her IT budget for 2022, with her company’s growth, its ongoing digitalization drive, and security mindfulness driving the boost. This comes after years of transformational initiatives being cited as the top reason driving budget increases. Top 10 business needs driving IT spend.

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CIO

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Migrate to the cloud, strengthen security, protect privacy, increase agility, advance automation, improve sustainability, optimise the budget … “explore the metaverse” is certainly on the to-do list for most CIOs, along with many, many other competing priorities. Agile Development So, how should you handle this conundrum?

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. Even 20 people in a meeting takes too long.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 10, 2025

By Brett Banker In the fast-paced world of startups, where agility, innovation and market disruption reign supreme, branding often takes a back seat. Many founders, especially those backed by venture capital, are rightly focused on product development, customer acquisition and achieving product-market fit. And for good reason.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now.

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