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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

CIO

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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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO

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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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO

Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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The value of Agile Architecture in a modern organization

Xebia

Talking about the added value of applying Agile Architecture in your organization, we see fewer and fewer “IT architects” in organizations. Do we need Agile Architects or do we need to do Agile Architecture? Read more about this here: Putting the A of Agile into Architects by Winfried Scheulderman.

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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

The agile methodology, which facilitates collaboration between stakeholders, teams, and customers during software development, is fast gaining prominence in today’s enterprises. The Scrum master leads this process, providing guidance to the team and product owner and ensuring agile practices are followed by team members.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO

There are many, often overlapping approaches to managing projects, the most popular of which are waterfall, agile, hybrid, critical path method, and critical chain project management , among others. increased agility when adapting to other initiatives or changes within an organization. CSM: Certified Scrum Master.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO

Here, CIO.com outlines the most popular project management certifications that will add value and help you hone your skills this year. Top project management certifications. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). BVOP Certified Project Manager.