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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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Top 8 IT certifications in demand today

CIO Business Intelligence

Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) The Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) certification is offered by ScrumAlliance and includes three certification modules, including CAL Essentials, CAL for Teams, and CAL for Organizations.

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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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9 tips for achieving IT service delivery excellence

CIO Business Intelligence

Standardize processes and understand LOB needs Effective IT service delivery begins by creating and standardizing processes and documentation, says Patrick Cannon, field CTO at data center and cloud services firm US Signal. Your leadership team should behave like a Scrum team, enabling end-to-end delivery and support.”

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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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Are You Agile Enough for Polyglot Programming?

CTOvision

It was spread across 3 data centers and 2000 nodes; it consumed 180 TB of data and supported 10,000 requests per second. Luc Perkins (@ lucperkins ) says in his blog that the Obama campaign was unbelievably agile. He employed an agile framework that was modular and very iterative. I think so. Simple is good!

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3 force multipliers for digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Some IT organizations elected to lift and shift apps to the cloud and get out of the data center faster, hoping that a second phase of funding for modernization would come. Today, many CIOs must determine which agile tools to use and where to create practice standards. Transition from daily standups to hybrid virtual ceremonies.

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