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Agile vs. Waterfall: Which Should A CIO Choose?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Which software development methodology is best? As a CIO I suspect that you are well aware that there are a number of different ways that your IT teams can go about developing software (and doing a lot of other things). It all begins with the waterfall approach to developing software.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO Business Intelligence

The last thing any CIO wants is to experience catastrophic operational issues during a peak season, but that’s exactly what executives at Southwest Airlines faced last week. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts. Even before the blizzard hit, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan acknowledged on Nov.

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It’s Time to Demystify Hybrid Clouds

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s the vision at Canada Jetlines , a startup airline that began with a cloud-native strategy. Looking specifically at Canada, Megha Kumar, IDC Canada research vice president for software and cloud services, will drill into the state of adoption of public clouds services within the country’s organizations.

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How Southwest’s CIO modernized the airline through turbulent times

CIO Business Intelligence

Taking the helm as CIO is a major transition for any IT leader, but Lauren Woods’ experience at Southwest Airlines stands apart. I ended up leaning on my partners in the business and learning so much from them about how our airline worked and what it was like on the operational side,” she says. We’re a better airline for it,” she says.

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Customer Service Trouble: Changing Flights on Continental - Social.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Social, Agile, Transformation Pages.

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What’s New, What’s Next for Value Stream Management

CIO Business Intelligence

Once thought of as a methodology exclusive to IT and DevOps, VSM is now used to align the entire enterprise and is the connective tissue between strategy, development, and customer value. This will also extend well beyond development. When you do that, it really changes peoples’ mindsets and discussions.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

In his new role, Pujari will steer development of the company’s technology capabilities in India, including expansion of cloud solutions, platform integration, capability and capacity building, and streamlining partners. Prior to Tata Starbucks, Menon worked with companies including Trent Hypermarket and Cybage Software. January 2022.