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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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Agility Recovery To Enhance Disaster Recovery Program With Globally Recognized Certification Standard From the MSPAlliance

CTOvision

By Bob Gourley Unified Certification Standard for Cloud & Managed Service Providers Will Serve as Framework for Agility Recovery Partners and Clients. By working with Agility Recovery, UCS audited cloud and managed service providers will be in an optimal position to provide mission-critical IT services to organizations in need.”.

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Building an Agile IT Group

Eric D. Brown

IT leaders have constantly been on the lookout for new systems, technologies, people and skills to meet the ‘do more with less’ mantra while continuing to build out the capabilities required of their teams. A focus on the user will help IT professionals understand the need for agility and flexibility in their jobs.

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Four Phases of Maturing Enterprise Agile Development

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Four Phases of Maturing Enterprise Agile Development.

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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. Then you’ll need to meet the prerequisites for the certification(s) you choose. What is SAFe certification?

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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) selects Kinetic Data

KineticData

The desired solution requires nimble, agile partners with the capabilities to deliver built-for-purpose software in a secure, scalable environment. As such we can now deliver an AWS GovCloud-based solution that meets military standards and in the near future FedRamp guidelines for utilization across DoD entities.

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Be pragmatic, not dogmatic

Eric D. Brown

I’m currently reading Scott Brinker’s book Hacking Marketing: Agile Practices to Make Marketing Smarter, Faster, and More Innovative (awesome book – look for a much more complete review here soon) and came across a line in Chapter 7 that says “Be pragmatic, not dogmatic.” ” This really spoke to me.