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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

IT leaders are drowning in metrics, with many finding themselves up to their KPIs in a seemingly bottomless pool of measurement tools. There are several important metrics that can be used to achieve IT success, says Jonathan Nikols, senior vice president of global enterprise sales for the Americas at Verizon. Here they are.

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6 ways you’re failing at change management

CIO

Instead, they should consider partnering with experts who practice change management for a living, Hafez advises. You wouldnt hire someone who doesnt know how to write code to develop your software, so why would you expect a project manager or business analyst to drive change management?

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Transform your PMO into a strategic powerhouse

CIO

Many PMOs today are stuck in an outdated, theory-heavy approach to project management. For starters, project managers are often hired based on their certifications, signaling that their value lies in the credentials they hold. Delivery teams, meanwhile, are rarely taught to measure the business impact of their projects.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO

The intersection of agile software development practices and ‘traditional’ project management remains a challenge for many organizations,” Chowning says. “By Most technology projects fail because they lack concrete key performance indicators (KPIs) , Mahajan says. “I Agile Development, Project Management, Software Development

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What is a project management office (PMO)? The key to standardizing project success

CIO

Project management office (PMO) definition A project management office (PMO) is a group, or functional unit, that sets, maintains, and enforces the practices, policies, and standards for structuring and executing projects within an organization.

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The guide to great metrics: Product-led principles

TechCrunch

Companies are valued based on metrics. Those with better metrics are valued higher, and those with worse metrics are valued lower. None of this is controversial, but it’s also not helpful for getting started — metrics alone don’t help you build a business. Across the board, the variance in metrics is stark.

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Big Data Project Management: What’s In & What’s Out?

CTOvision

Relatively self-contained big data projects may be tied to an ongoing process or program that is already developing or delivering a product or service. Defining the project’s requirements and developing its business case will be linked to existing performance measures or metrics.