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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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IT resiliency: Running two different hypervisors

CIO

Reveal the best of both worlds Carter noted that many VMware customers have invested in its solutions for decades but now seek modernization for greater agility, scalability, and cloud-native environments. The disruption from VMware’s acquisition has led many to reconsider their virtualization strategies and explore new options. “By

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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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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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SAFe certification: launch your Scaled Agile Framework career

CIO

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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