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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

“We haven’t won by reducing governance and control, but by seeing that it’s important to set up frameworks, with clear principles and guidelines, so teams know what to do,” says Altehed. “We 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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The CIO as "Chief Insight Officer": The PMO – Bureaucracy or Value add?

Future of CIO

The PMO –Project/Program Management Office can act as a group that guides the higher-level management effort. In short, it is designed to both setting guideline to ensure project management effectiveness and efficiency, but also allowing information and creativity to flow while keeping the business aspects in check.

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Are Portfolio Management and EA the Same or Different?

Future of CIO

Asset management coupled with project management provides rigor to hedge against misallocating resources relative to operational imperatives and to ensure the asset base is grown soundly and efficiently. Multiple projects will be structured as a program or portfolio, depending on the best fit.