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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. These will, of course, result in additional project costs and time.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

We were going to leave our data centers, and we did,” he says. “In Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. And Altehed believes the pendulum is about to swing back when it comes to agile working methods in several areas. “We

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16 best entry-level IT certifications to launch your career

CIO Business Intelligence

Exam fee: $1199 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Certified ScrumMaster is an entry-level certification offered by Scrum Alliance that is designed to validate your skills and abilities using Scrum, a popular agile development framework. There are two CCT paths to choose from: data center or routing and switching.

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Speed and Flexibility Will Shape the Future of Critical Infrastructure

Data Center Knowledge

As more vendors develop critical infrastructure expertise, design and engineering and sophisticated project management, data center development times will shorten and the industry will become more agile in its ability to react to large shifts in demand. Read More.

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Germany’s ITZBund is moving federal IT into the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud first is, therefore, one of the center’s three strategic goals, alongside agile working methods and Federal Client, the incident reporting tool, which evaluates bids and award of contracts. The Multi-Cloud Platform project is designed to create the technical requirements for multi-cloud management.

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Colocation: A Crucial Pillar for Building a Data-First Organization

CIO Business Intelligence

Lots of attention is being paid to how hybrid IT or multicloud fits into data-first business transformation, yet plenty of companies count colocation facilities as an important pillar of their IT landscape. According to Allied Market Research , the global data center colocation market is expected to surge from $46.08

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5 ways CIOs will disappoint their CEOs in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Promise #4: ‘Agile’ means no more big-project failures Disappointment: Your name will be on some miserable Agile project failures this year What’s going to go wrong: Your company is going to make three Agile mistakes. The third: Recognizing that Agile project managers (i.e.,

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