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Building an Agile IT Group

Eric D. Brown

Like the data center in most organizations, IT groups have been undergoing a transformation over the last few years. Similarly, the cloud has given organizations access to an almost limitless amount of processing and storage power with low costs, relatively high reliability and a great deal of agility.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

Much of the system heritage comes from the time before Volvo Cars became independent from the Volvo Group. Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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What is TOGAF? An enterprise architecture methodology for business

CIO Business Intelligence

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is an enterprise architecture methodology that offers a high-level framework for enterprise software development. The Open Group developed TOGAF in 1995, and by 2016, 80% of Global 50 companies and 60% of Fortune 500 companies used the framework. TOGAF definition.

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8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture

CIO Business Intelligence

Foster adaptability and flexibility Adaptable work environments and agile methodologies form the bedrock of a thriving IT culture, says Charman Hayes, executive vice president of people and capability for the technology group at Mastercard. Secure funding, design a program for a small group of individuals, and run a pilot,” he advises.

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Cloud native order management boosts speed, scale and operational efficiency

TM Forum

Who: Croatia’s Hrvatski Telecom, part of the Deutsche Telekom group, and Prodapt. It stifled innovation internally and within ecosystems, slowing time to market and hampering business agility. What: An urgent need to modernize an inflexible, complex order management system that was inhibiting its ability to compete.

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SAFe certification: launch your Scaled Agile Framework career

CIO Business Intelligence

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are becoming valuable in larger organizations looking for efficient project delivery, reduced time-to-market, and ways to provide better stakeholder value. Numerous SAFe certifications are on offer, grouped at the foundational, intermediate, and advanced levels. What is SAFe certification?

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My API story: Vodafone's API Architecture Guild

TM Forum

Florin Tene, Enterprise Architect, Vodafone Group, explains how and why Vodafone dedicates people, processes, guidelines, and tools to increase and support the adoption, usage, and development of TM Forum's industry-standard Open APIs as part of its 'telco to tech' evolution. Tell us about yourself and your job.