CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2024

In other industries, and mostly in SMEs, digital transformation can happen in a non-organic way through piecemeal projects. But until there’s a change in corporate will and the CIO’s vision combines with other management to drive a full-scale project, success can only be measured by the strength of the corporate culture. “I

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 19, 2024

Stakeholder management is vital to project success. When key individuals are informed and on task, projects run smoothly. But when those impacted by or have an impact on a project are left out, the project can fall apart. The following is a high-level guide to effective stakeholder management.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Project management office (PMO) definition A project management office (PMO) is a group, or functional unit, that sets, maintains, and enforces the practices, policies, and standards for structuring and executing projects within an organization. A good PMO drives discipline, communication, and orchestration.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers several globally recognized certifications in project management, and the Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certification is a great introductory credential to jump-start a career in the field. Which of the following describes a work breakdown structure?

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. This highly adopted framework utilizes short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums, to tackle discrete portions of a project in succession until the project is complete. Others do not.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Generative AI continues to dominate IT projects for many organizations, with two thirds of business leaders telling a Harris Poll they’ve already deployed generative AI tools internally, and IDC predicting spend on gen AI will more than double in 2024. But the usual laundry list of priorities for IT hasn’t gone away.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2024

We sought technology leaders who could advise on succeeding fast, along with creating a strong organization, developing team leaders, leveraging the support of peers, and specifically how to streamline day-to-day management of a technology group. In these interactions, he also looks to avoid the projects colleagues aren’t enthusiastic about.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And for that you must develop an uncanny knack for relationship management and an understanding of how differing personalities can enforce and work with one another to great effect. So, how do you as an IT leader unify these wide-ranging personalities into a cohesive project team?

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 30, 2023

By employing Value Stream Management (VSM), executives gain the visibility to align teams, workflows, and investments around one key aspect: customer value. The organization changed legacy approaches to product management and project investment. In the process, they can break down the silos that stifle digital transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 16, 2024

Companies expect a lot from their CIOs: integral knowledge of the business, visible financial results, and agility, as well as the ability to manage change, actively collaborate with business leaders, and explain IT in plain English. It’s a tall order that requires a broad spectrum of skills. He asks for your input. Up in the sky!

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 8, 2024

For Expion Health, a cumbersome manual process to determine what rates to quote to potential new customers had become a cap on the healthcare cost management firm’s ability to grow its business. The new application also allows employees to check its work, he adds. Expion projects about $300,000 in sales this year.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 3, 2024

Scrum is a key variant of agile, typified by short iterations of work, called sprints, and daily meetings, called scrums, to tackle portions of a project in succession until the project is complete. They also must validate at least 12 months of work experience as a Scrum master within the past five years. What is Scrum?

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To ensure vendor relationship help their organizations achieve their goals, IT leaders should establish a comprehensive technology vendor management strategy focused on maximizing fit and value. These can be weekly, monthly, or quarterly depending on project scope and necessity, Beasley says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 9, 2024

Such widescale recruitment is taking place in virtually all areas, from project managers to security experts and IT architects. And now that there’s so much, we’re working a lot with skills transition, governance, management, and leadership.” We’re working intensively on this, to be able to use what’s out there.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2024

Despite growing pressure to move fast, most modernization projects inch along at a snail’s pace. Luckily, there are ways to slash the timelines on those projects. Dvorak worked with one CIO who managed the IT environment like an investment portfolio , ranking components as either buy, hold, or sell.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

Skills such as software engineering, architecture, cloud, and program management are highly sought after as more companies explore creating both internal and external applications and solutions. Project manager The role of project manager is important for planning, executing, and completing IT projects on time and on budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

“Everyone is running around trying to apply this technology that’s moving so fast, but without business outcomes, there’s no point to it,” says Redmond, CIO at power management systems manufacturer Eaton Corp. “We It compresses years of work into months — sometimes days, Rau says. We want to maintain discipline and go deep.”

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Cloudera

MAY 13, 2024

At the center of this critical ecosystem is the partner marketing team at Cloudera, who work tirelessly in pursuit of excellence for customers—and as a result, we’re proud to share that six of our very own Clouderans have been recognized by CRN as part of this year’s Women of the Channel.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What is project management? Project management is a business discipline that involves applying specific processes, knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools to successfully deliver outcomes that meet project goals. Project management steps Project management is broken down into five phases or life cycle.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 12, 2024

This blog series discusses the complex tasks energy utility companies face as they shift to holistic grid asset management to manage through the energy transition. The first post of this series addressed the challenges of the energy transition with holistic grid asset management.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 13, 2024

I was fortunate to speak with Brunt and Walsh about a recently completed project to improve field operations working with Infosys and Microsoft. Since joining the company twenty years ago, the nature of the work has fundamentally changed. What follows is a field workforce transformation story. For Brunt, the message was simple.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 26, 2023

What is a project manager? Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. They are accountable for the entire project scope , the project team and resources, the project budget, and the success or failure of the project.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 2, 2024

Underpinning these initiatives is a slew of technology capabilities and strategies aimed at accelerating delivery cycles, such as establishing product management disciplines, building cloud architectures, developing devops capabilities, and fostering agile cultures. This dip delays when the business can start realizing the value delivered.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 26, 2023

Similarly, 12% of respondents said they were currently working toward earning a certification, up from 9% in 2021. The certification exam covers topics such as threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, risk management, architecture and design, technology and tools, cryptography and PKI, and identity and access management.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

And, while the technology’s long-term impact on the workforce remains unclear, some companies, such as France-based Schneider Electric, are putting AI to work to aid employees in advancing their careers. All of that ultimately, when it works, increases talent retention — that is one of the main goals, to retain our employees,” Booth says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When I joined Graded IT to drive digital transformation, management was convinced of the centrality of change,” says Gennaro Ardolino, head of digital innovation and CISO of the Neapolitan energy saving company. Managers speak their own language and don’t always make the effort to understand the language of IT.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 1, 2024

Ingesan, a subsidiary of the OHLA Infrastructure Group, the Madrid-based construction and concession management multinational, has launched the Empath-IA project, a joint initiative between HR management and the digital transformation division that aims to address the increasingly competitive demands and complexities in HRM.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 29, 2024

VeloxCon 2024 , the premier developer conference that is dedicated to the Velox open-source project, brought together industry leaders, engineers, and enthusiasts to explore the latest advancements and collaborative efforts shaping the future of data management. Presto Java workers are being replaced by a C++ process based on Velox.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

That has been the message coming from veteran CIOs, executive advisors, and management consultants in recent years. Such advice, however, speaks only to what CIOs need to successfully manage the IT department — that is, to deliver operational excellence and meet key performance requirements.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Chances are that the business manager doesn’t want to lose that employee to IT. Some companies are extremely controlling and might even have high levels of competition between departments and their managers. During this time, the employee might perform work for both departments.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 26, 2024

Even if printing is on IT’s radar, their time and resources are often barely enough to keep on top of day-to-day management tasks. There’s little time and not enough people for all current and new projects. HP Managed Print Cloud Services helps you implement a comprehensive transition to the cloud.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 25, 2024

Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with contacts in many leading enterprises, including businesses across a wide range of industries and regions. As you navigate the year ahead, here are my top five trends in project and portfolio management (PPM) and strategic portfolio management (SPM) to consider.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Managing software projects might not be at the top of CIOs’ priority lists , but it is something that IT leaders will have to master. Here are some of the more likely challenges IT leaders and teams face with software projects, and how they can address them. Any number of things can happen to cause delays and drive up costs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 15, 2024

In the first few years, they programmed modules for financial accounting, purchasing, inventory management, order receipt, material planning, and invoicing and auditing. The period between 1988 and 1992 was wonderful,” Plattner said in an interview with the Smithsonian Awards Program’s Oral History Project. “I It was a great time.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 7, 2024

Now, CDOs find themselves under additional pressure to make sure organizational data is accurate and complete, as companies launch AI projects hungry for clean and easy-to-access data. The survey responses aren’t a surprise to Jack Berkowitz, CDO of Securiti.AI, a data management and security firm.

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