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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. Say Hello To The New Guy: Agile.

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Make Real Agile A Stepping Stone Towards Future-Fit Adaptability

Forrester IT

Satya Nadella in April 2020 told thousands of developers at the online Microsoft Build conference “we’ve seen companies do in 2 months what they normally would do in years…”. Future Fit Organizations are Adaptive Covid-19 has accelerated the need for enterprises to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions.

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5 Critical Takeaways from the 2020 State of Agile Report

Social, Agile and Transformation

The 14th annual state of agile report is now available, and it's one of the papers I look forward to reviewing every year. It surveys over one thousand software development professionals from a mix of company sizes, development team sizes, geographies, and industries.

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Scaling Agile: Don’t Copy Spotify; Learn From It! — Part 2

Forrester IT

Check out my video below to learn how the Spotify approach will — or won’t — help your company scale its Agile development. While you can’t copy culture, there is a lot you can learn from it. For more information, read my latest […].

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

You'll also find out how the transformative power of synergies and collaborative innovations in product development can help companies cut down costs significantly. What’s Inside: Different cost improvement initiatives The importance of employee empowerment How to achieve agility and adaptability

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

As a result, many new car companies are created and competition increases, says Tobias Altehed, who leads Volvo Cars’ digital organization and sits on the company’s extended management team. Tough system change Replacing core systems that comprise the backbone of the company is never easy.

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Scaling Agile: Don’t Copy Spotify; Learn From It! — Part 1

Forrester IT

Check out my video below to learn how the Spotify approach will — or won’t — help your company scale its Agile development. While you can’t copy culture, there is a lot you can learn from it. For more information, read my latest […].

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Data-Driven Performance Feedback Helps Teams Improve Customer Outcomes

Speaker: Mickey Mantle, Founder and CEO at Wanderful Interactive Storybooks | Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Author, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

And in the era of agile, which recognizes that software development is a team sport, performance reviews need to use data for programmer growth and to give focus to business results. Data-driven performance reviews help to align employee goals and team goals with company goals.