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How to be a Program Manager in Agile Organizations

Social, Agile and Transformation

"We don't need program managers," said the agile leader. Surely, many of the responsibilities we expected of program and project managers have shifted since the pre-agile world. . Let's think about that for a few seconds.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

To do so, CIOs must continuously improve their product management, program management, and delivery capabilities to wow customers and deliver competitive advantages, all while steering clear of surefire DX mistakes such as prioritizing too many initiatives and underinvesting in developing digital trailblazers.

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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. Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach.

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Nordstrom lays off tech workers in bid to ‘remain agile and operate more efficiently’

GeekWire

Impacted roles include software engineers, data analysts, technical program managers, DevOps engineers and others, according to a search of posts on LinkedIn. ” The company would not say how many employees remain with its tech team. Digital sales made up 38% of total sales in Nordstrom’s fiscal 2022.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

There are many, often overlapping approaches to managing projects, the most popular of which are waterfall, agile, hybrid, critical path method, and critical chain project management , among others. increased agility when adapting to other initiatives or changes within an organization. Associate in Project Management.

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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

CIO Business Intelligence

Underpinning these initiatives is a slew of technology capabilities and strategies aimed at accelerating delivery cycles, such as establishing product management disciplines, building cloud architectures, developing devops capabilities, and fostering agile cultures.

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Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs - Social, Agile, and.

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 Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs.

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