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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

They are afraid of failure and the uncertainty of knowledge work, and so that’s stressful. Agile is an amazing risk management tool for managing uncertainty, but that’s not always obvious.” The key is recognizing that planning must be an agile discipline, not a standalone activity performed independently of agile teams.

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Lack of Time for Analysis, Adoption of New Technology and Data Limitations are Top Challenges Facing Finance Teams, According to insightsoftware Survey

Jet Global

May 11, 2021 – In the early days of the pandemic, cash flow management took center stage for many businesses and risk management continues to be a priority this year as business leaders depend more than ever on finance teams for decision-making support. RALEIGH, N.C. – COVID-19 Response & Economic Recovery Indicators.

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How Your Finance Team Can Lead Your Enterprise Data Transformation

Alation

And, by implementing continuous data reviews, finance teams better support compliance and risk management. Analyst productivity: With Alation, finance teams gain an end-to-end data management perspective. Analyst productivity: With Alation, finance teams gain an end-to-end data management perspective.

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The CIO’s guide to smarter vendor negotiation: 10 tips

CIO Business Intelligence

In an IT marketplace marked by turbulence, inflation, and economic uncertainty, the process of contracting with vendors for technology products and services has gotten significantly more challenging for CIOs. Pricing models and metrics can also be complex, making it difficult to understand when additional costs might kick in, Alexander says.

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Predicting Movie Profitability and Risk at the Pre-production Phase

Insight

Building Models to Predict Movie Profitability Here I use profitability as the metric of success for a film and define profitability as the return on investment (ROI). I used XGBoost as my regression model as I found that it slightly outperforms random forest regression when using the root-mean-square error (RMSE) as the goodness metric.

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