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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

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Innovator/experimenter: enterprise architects look for new innovative opportunities to bring into the business and know how to frame and execute experiments to maximize the learnings. enterprise architects need to balance innovation with the practical realities of contracts and service agreements.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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Technical skills topped the list but also crucial are key leadership and culture capabilities such as change management, strategy building, and business relationship management, as well as critical business skills such as cost, product, and vendor management, as shown in the graphic below.

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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

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Investment in training and change management is critical to the success. The CoE in this phase has to proactively engage ALL stakeholders, making them aware of the change in the mode of operation and guiding the team through training, coffee chats, and CoE sessions during this period of transformation.

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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

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AI and change management Change management has long been instrumental to the success of AI projects. But, until this year, this was a relatively manageable problem since the AI projects had limited scope. This is the largest change management project in history,” says Greenstein.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

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It’s a versatile certification that covers multiple methodologies, frameworks, and management concepts — best suited for those who coordinate or manage small-to-midsize projects. Exam fee: $207 Expiration: Does not expire For additional project management certs, see our roundup of top project management certs.

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3 key roles for driving digital success

CIO

This is a question I am asked often by IT leaders who prefer slowing down the pace of transformation and technology innovation. Product and delivery leaders: Agents of change While there are many ways to charter a program and define leadership responsibilities, I recommend leading transformation initiatives with these two key roles.

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7 common transformation mistakes and how to avoid them

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Force change from above Underestimating communication and sharing of IT objectives and strategy with users, and imposing solutions from above, is another mistake to avoid. Forcing digital innovation is a mistake; change managementis essential, says Fabio Mattaboni, CIO of port operating company FHP Holding Portuale.

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