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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. Agile also has benefits.

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Answers To An Agile FAQ: People Over Process

Forrester IT

Our organization has gone to great lengths to become Agile, and we are well on our journey, but there is friction between our org and those within the company who have not yet transitioned to Agile practices.” Agile teams feel bogged down and relevant […]. What Our Clients Tell Us All The Time.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% The year 2023 seems to be no different.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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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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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO Business Intelligence

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies are striving to harness the power of digital technologies to reinvent their operations, enhance customer experiences, drive innovation, and thereby create value for stakeholders. It requires a different mindset, as well as an agile, ready-to-experiment workforce that is change-savvy.

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Customer service, especially field service, helps companies outperform competitors and drive growth

CIO Business Intelligence

We can expect that every company is going to react this way in times of uncertainty. Where winning companies deviate from the norm is that they look for opportunities to attract and retain customers by making experience and service a signature competitive advantage.

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