CIO

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Instead of succumbing to the pressure, CIOs should consider collaborative approaches: Empower and inspire agile teams by avoiding rigid delivery roadmaps, highlighting what performance improvement areas are worth focusing on, and giving teams time to reset after major releases.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sameer Purao, who joined Celanese as CIO and CDO in 2021, is keeping the team and company focused by making change management a core competency of his team, and ensuring a focus on value, agility, and purpose. We decided that change, agility, and value would be key to put people at the center of the transformation.

Technical Review 177

Technical Review Sustainability Apparel Agile 177

CIO

JUNE 15, 2023

Despite headlines warning that artificial intelligence poses a profound risk to society , workers are curious, optimistic, and confident about the arrival of AI in the enterprise, and becoming more so with time, according to a recent survey by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). For many, their feelings are based on sound experience.

Change Management 174

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CIO

APRIL 15, 2025

In response, traders formed alliances, hired guards and even developed new paths to bypass high-risk areas just as modern enterprises must invest in cybersecurity strategies, encryption and redundancy to protect their valuable data from breaches and cyberattacks. Theft and counterfeiting also played a role.

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CIO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Organizations should create a cross-functional team comprised of people who are already building, managing and governing existing AI initiatives in order to lay the foundation for genAI and select the appropriate AI solutions or models. Increase adoption through change management.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Sustainability Government 147

CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“Since there’s no universal model across business functions, IT must always keep in mind how they are leaders and partners of change in the corporation, whether it’s at a technical, business, or human change management level.” Become a motivator Most business leaders expect IT to be the engine that propels enterprise success.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

AUGUST 17, 2018

“When it comes to change management, “implementation” isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning.” What is change management? Change management may be defined as a structured process that ensures that required changes are thoroughly and smoothly carried out, and that the long-term benefits of the change are realized.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Simultaneously, the monolithic IT organization was deconstructed into subgroups providing PC, cloud, infrastructure, security, and data services to the larger enterprise with associated solution leaders closely aligned to core business functions.

Security 202

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CIO

APRIL 22, 2025

IT Leaders must embrace change with a positive attitude. As Nancy Giordano highlights in Leadering: The ways visionary leaders play bigger , effective leadership and change management require attention to the subtle cultural shifts within an organization. IQ ensures preparedness; EQ enables agility.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Leadership Technology Sustainability 159

CIO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

People still need help navigating change Like Romack, IT exec Ryan Downing welcomes all the change on the horizon. But Downing, vice president and CIO of enterprise business solutions at Principal Financial Group, knows others dont feel that way. However, he says they also have to be mindful and thoughtful.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That’s because their approach is often not agile enough to keep pace with today’s evolving business landscape. Taking a long-term outlook that’s founded upon a compelling vision, roadmap, and goals can provide enormous enterprise benefits over time.

Technical Review 166

Technical Review Software Review Culture Strategy 166

CIO

JANUARY 7, 2025

In todays fast-paced digital landscape, the cloud has emerged as a cornerstone of modern business infrastructure, offering unparalleled scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency. An enterprise with a strong global footprint is better off pursuing a multi-cloud strategy.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

These IT pros are tasked with overseeing the adoption of cloud-based AI solutions in an enterprise environment, further expanding the responsibility scope of the role. Its an advanced job title, with cloud architects typically reporting to the IT director, CIO, CTO, or other technology executives.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

AdaptiveION co-founders Steve Davis and Ken Spangler are two former technology executives who know what it takes to build and lead a highly adaptive organization capable of thriving through change or disruption. As a managing director at Accenture, Davis led some of the largest agile transformations at global scale.

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DevOps.com

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In this DevOps Chat, Akshay Anand, ITSM product ambassador at AXELOS, and David Crouch, senior advisor at Beyond20, join Mitch Ashley to share best practices and learnings from introducing and adopting Agile and DevOps in large organizations. Akshay and David discuss overcoming change management challenges and obstacles to increase adoption.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Enterprise infrastructures have expanded far beyond the traditional ones focused on company-owned and -operated data centers. Types of IT consultants Given that there are many facets of IT, its not surprising that there are various types of IT consultants to meet enterprise needs.

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Fractional CTO Technical Review Technical Advisors How To 187

DevOps.com

JANUARY 22, 2020

Nearly every organization that tries to change its culture to be more agile and better adapt to changing environments discovers that it’s harder than it looks. Agile transformation can’t be superficial or only embraced by the IT department–it needs to be completely pervasive throughout the business.

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Agile Enterprise Culture Organization 81

Firemon

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Here is the third: adapt to change. . Pillar #3 – Adapt to Change. To err is human, and with many enterprises managing 100 firewalls or more, there are plenty of chances for humans to err. So, these enterprises remain caught in the guessing game of What Did I Just Break ? FireMon Simplifies the Complex.

Change Management 72

Change Management Policies Firewall Agile 72

Accenture

DECEMBER 5, 2019

What is Agile Transformation? Agile Transformation Strategy. Agile Transformation Roadmap. Waterfall to Agile Transformation. How to Ensure a Successful Agile Transformation. Agile Transformation Coaches. What is Agile Transformation? With Agile, you aren’t baking a cake; you’re starting a movement.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 11, 2011

When Jim Highsmith graciously invited me to give the opening keynote at the inaugural Agile Executive Forum in Salt Lake City this week, I had to really sit down and think about what I’ve been working on the last few years, namely social business , as compared the conference theme, agility and business.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

Pre-pandemic, high-performance teams were co-located, multidisciplinary, self-organizing, agile, and data-driven. High performance back then generally focused on delivery — a contrast to previous generations of IT where business and IT alignment was an issue, and teams struggled to deliver with waterfall project management practices.

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Performance How To Culture Agile 211

CloudGeometry

APRIL 25, 2022

Big enterprise customers have been buying software for a long time. There’s real payoff from careful attention to the issues that enterprise customers care about. There’s real payoff from careful attention to the issues that enterprise customers care about. Here are seven things enterprise SaaS customers look for. #1

Enterprise 130

Enterprise Software Review Technical Review Disaster Recovery 130

CIO

JULY 25, 2024

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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Mentormate

MAY 1, 2023

Agile transformation is a fundamental part of any successful digital transformation life cycle. It sets up the engineering aspect of product development for success and ensures flexibility and reactive zeal of cooperating teams throughout the enterprise. What is Agile transformation? Otherwise, it will fail.

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Agile Coaching Exercises Course 98

Firemon

OCTOBER 8, 2020

That means that about 75 percent are still trying to manage their complex, multi-cloud environments on spreadsheets and connecting them with massive code projects that are hard to manage, hard to secure, and hard to prove are compliant. The Agile Approach: API-First. Support network changes. Accelerate change management.

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CIO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In IDCs April 2024 CIO Poll Survey of 105 senior IT professionals and CIOs, developing better IT governance and enterprise architecture emerged as one of the top priorities for 2024, ranking fourth. Centralized governance often results in slower decision-making processes, as decisions are concentrated at the top levels, stifling agility.

Government 78

Government Survey Metrics Culture 78

TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

And, product managers with experience in cybersecurity often have little experience of building an effective product culture or working in PLG companies in general. On one hand, they recognize that being resourceful, agile and innovative is their only way to succeed. Where to look for product leaders with a passion for PLG.

Product Management 219

Product Management Culture Enterprise Industry 219

CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Equally telling is another statistic from that research: Just 35% of these enterprises have achieved their digital goals or are on track to do so.

Technical Advisors 216

Technical Advisors Recruiting Change Management Analytics 216

CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2023

He’s also a big believer in the agile DevOps concept of “shifting left” when it comes to technology — performing testing and evaluation early in the development process, generally before code is written — and “shifting right” when it concerns talent, where his vision for eliminating Toyota’s service desk is an example. “A

Generative AI 187

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Artificial Intelligence Change Management 187

CIO

DECEMBER 22, 2022

DataOps (data operations) is an agile, process-oriented methodology for developing and delivering analytics. It brings together DevOps teams with data engineers and data scientists to provide the tools, processes, and organizational structures to support the data-focused enterprise. What is DataOps? It’s a fluid situation.”

Analytics 195

Analytics Data Engineering Machine Learning Artificial Inteligence 195

CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise. If you ask someone, they’ll often recite a list of a dozen potential benefits of cloud — lower costs, better security, greater agility, and so on,” says Smith.

Strategy 217

Strategy Cloud Weak Development Team Technical Review 217

CIO

APRIL 12, 2023

As real-time becomes pervasive across the organization, several questions begin to arise: How are cross-functional teams enabled to support the speed of change, agility, and quality of data for real-time AI, as ML models evolve? How well these teams work together will determine the speed they deliver real-time AI solutions.

Artificial Inteligence 218

Artificial Inteligence Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Agile 218

CIO

JULY 15, 2022

A modern, agile IT infrastructure has become the critical enabler for success, allowing organizations to unlock the potential of new technologies such as AI, analytics, and automation. In Ampol’s case, the transport fuels provider enjoyed enhanced operational efficiency, business agility, and maximized service uptimes.

Agile 147

Agile Retail Energy Infrastructure 147

CIO

JULY 29, 2024

Primed by a rotational program that cycled through varied assignments to build a technology-plus-business foundation, Brown was able to develop a robust process orientation in addition to skills in communications, large-scale change management, even a Master Black Belt Six Sigma certification.

Technical Advisors 195

Technical Advisors Weak Development Team Leadership Banking 195

scruminc

DECEMBER 7, 2022

2022 State of Agile Report – 5 Takeaways. Key Findings of the 16th Annual State of Agile Report. The 2022 State of Agile Report quantifies what many business leaders have been feeling for some time – agility is now a requirement for success. . Agility is how you reach them.”. Things changed In 2022.

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Agile Report SCRUM Software Review 69

Stackery

APRIL 13, 2020

By introducing additional security and CI/CD features, the Stackery platform brings cloud teams the agility of serverless while making enterprise-grade security consistent and automatic.”. The Speed of Serverless with Enterprise Security and Governance.

Continuous Delivery 141

Continuous Delivery Serverless Insurance AWS 141