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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

The automotive industry keeps accelerating into the technological switch to electric engines, and all efforts at Volvo Cars point to a clear ambition to be a clear frontrunner. The result, for example, is no more roles such as scrum master and release train engineer, while project managers and program managers have returned. “So

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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

CIO Business Intelligence

Trust One is also knee deep in transforming its IT organization and operating model, transitioning away from a program management office (PMO) to a product-centered organization. “No matter how agile you are, you are solving different problems for customers in different ways unless you are organized by product and are customer backed.”