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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO Business Intelligence

So if you are seeking to lead transformational change at your organization, it’s worth knowing the 10 most common reasons why digital transformation fails and what you as an IT leader can learn from those failures. Resistance to change Change is hard, and digital transformation requires a lot of it.

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Giant Eagle CIO Kirk Ball’s recipe for digital transformation success

CIO Business Intelligence

Afterwards, we spent some more time discussing his extensive track record with digital transformation, including how to set up digital initiatives for success. Dan Roberts: People refer to digital transformation in so many different contexts that the term has almost lost all meaning.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

But speaking to many IT leaders, there are often gaps between how IT runs Scrum, Kanban, or other agile practices and what CIOs need in order to achieve digital transformation objectives. We discussed how many agile teams focus on rituals without truly understanding the manifesto’s objectives or the organization’s goals.

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7 IT governance mistakes — and how to avoid them

CIO Business Intelligence

Governance should be designed with adaptability in mind to ensure IT remains in alignment with business objectives, continually providing value while effectively safeguarding the organization against potential risks, Bales says. By that time, governance structures are rushed and risk mitigation measures lose their effectiveness.”.

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What is a project management office (PMO)? The key to standardizing project success

CIO Business Intelligence

The PMO works with a project’s business sponsors to articulate expected outcomes, establish metrics for measuring success, and then report on the returns generated by the finished project. PMOs will often be headed up by a director who is responsible for ensuring project alignment with business objectives.

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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO Business Intelligence

Create innovation teams IT departments have moved beyond their old shared services model and are now working closely with business lines. Pillai says this team stays aligned to business objectives by taking a two-in-the-box approach, always pairing a business sponsor with a tech leader when exploring how to use technologies.

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How to unlock a scientific approach to change management with powerful data insights

IBM Big Data Hub

Leveraging data to replace the ‘gut feel’ on which too many business decisions are made enables change practitioners to separate perceptions from reality and decide which processes need the most focus. Though advanced analytics, process mining solutions can highlight gaps and opportunities in a digital transformation.