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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

CIO Business Intelligence

While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. However, it’s important to remember that headcount and budget cuts are not the only strategies to streamline costs.

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The Golden Circle of IT Change Management and Digital Transformation

Future of CIO

Now the phenomenon of digital is reaching the inflection point, yet we are entering an even more rapid and extensive period of change. IT plays a crucial role in leading changes as technology is often the disruptive force of digitalization, and the information is the lifeblood of the digital organization.

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Digital Master Tuning #109: Change Management in Digital Transformation

Future of CIO

This would indicate that for nearly 20 years managers have been condoning and embarking on something which is known to fail 70% of the time. Before managers learn to manage/lead the way from start to end, they can not enlighten employees on the current (as-is) situation, the future (to be) situation.

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What is change management? A guide to organizational transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

What is the main purpose of change management? In modern IT, change management has many different guises. Project managers view change management as the process used to obtain approval for changes to the scope, timeline, or budget of a project. What are the benefits of change management?

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Scope management: Define scope, create work breakdown structure (WBS), gather requirements. Time management: Plan and develop schedules and activities, estimate resources and timelines. Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Quality management: Identify quality requirements. Budget for surprises.

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9 traits of great IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

They deliver Although it’s true that leading , which is about visioning, is not synonymous with managing , aka accomplishing tasks , true IT leaders are indeed “great at the business of IT,” says Eric Bloom, executive director of the IT Management and Leadership Institute and part of the Society for Information Management (SIM) Leadership Institute.

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What is data governance? Best practices for managing data assets

CIO Business Intelligence

It encompasses the people, processes, and technologies required to manage and protect data assets. The Data Management Association (DAMA) International defines it as the “planning, oversight, and control over management of data and the use of data and data-related sources.” Don’t neglect master data management.