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Agile vs. Waterfall: Which Should A CIO Choose?

The Accidental Successful CIO

There is the classic method that has been used for over 40 years called “waterfall” Then there’s the new upstart in town that everyone seems to be flocking to called “agile” All of these options can place a CIO in a difficult place. Say Hello To The New Guy: Agile. Starting At The Beginning: Waterfall.

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12 tips for achieving IT agility in the digital era

CIO Business Intelligence

Pre-COVID, agility became an aspiration and rallying cry for organizations seeking to embrace emerging technologies and pursue technology-enabled innovation, often to stave off digital disruption in their industries. This goes beyond implementing agile methodology. Balance control with agility. Think a step ahead.

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From Bug Fixing to Board Meetings: Easy Learnings for the Digital Trailblazer

Social, Agile and Transformation

As we're winding down till the end of summer, the beginning of the school year, and the start of the very busy Q4/budgeting season, I thought to take a break from writing. . But not learning!

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Scrumfall: When Agile becomes Waterfall by another name

CIO Business Intelligence

The Church of Agile is being corrupted from within by institutional forces that have refused or been unable to adapt to the radical humanity embodied in its collaborative, self-organizing, cross-functional teams. Agile wasn’t supposed to be this way. The broken promise of Agile. A sham of true Scrum.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO Business Intelligence

Delivering on time and on budget Completing software projects in a timely manner while staying within budget is a long-time challenge of software development. One possible solution is to embrace the agile methodology of software development. Any number of things can happen to cause delays and drive up costs.

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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO Business Intelligence

As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports. Yet many IT departments are struggling to reshape themselves to better meet the mandates of today. That’s something that’s sometimes hard to do in IT.”

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Business Agility in the Cloud | Maximizing Business Value with AWS

Linux Academy

Let’s now discuss business agility in the cloud. Business Agility in the Cloud. Business agility is one of the most important activities that a healthy business must do in order to continue to grow and innovate is to scope, prioritize, and to take on new initiatives. Keep costs low for the successes.

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