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Project management guide: Tips, strategies, best practices
Project management plays a crucial role in enabling business transformation. Here is a breakdown of what project management is and how to execute it effectively in service of strategic goals.
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5 starting points for agile transformation
Legacy systems and complexity can make agility difficult, but not impossible. Here are five steps any company can take to achieve agility.Feature
Application rationalization: Streamlining your IT portfolio
IT leaders are increasingly launching application rationalization initiatives to cut operational costs and improve resiliency and agility. Here’s how to weed out the waste and reinvest.
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Product-based IT: A bold shift to business value
IT leaders are swapping out project-based IT service delivery in favor of product development models predicated on business outcomes.
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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2021
Facilitating the future of work and securing a hybrid working environment top the list of tough, pandemic-inflected issues IT leaders must navigate this year.
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What IT leadership looks like in 2021
As IT leaders meet the challenges of the COVID era, only one thing is assured – more change is coming sooner than you think.
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10 lies CIOs tell themselves
If Achilles had been a CIO, self-deception would be his heel. He’d be sure business-IT alignment is tight, information security bulletproof, and all projects come in on time. CIOs set the stage for disaster by fooling themselves.
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Customer-focused IT: A key CIO imperative, post-COVID
The pandemic has amplified the need to reach customers through digital channels. Here’s how IT leaders in nearly every industry are responding.
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13 'best practices' IT should avoid at all costs
From telling everyone they're your customer to establishing a cloud strategy, these "industry best practices" are sure to sink your chances of IT success.
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11 old-school IT principles that still rule
Technology changes rapidly, but beneath the buzzwords, the fundamentals of sound IT strategy remain. Here are 11 legacy IT tenets that still reign — when applied in their modernized guise.
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What is DataOps? Collaborative, cross-functional analytics
DataOps (data operations) is an emerging discipline that brings together DevOps teams with data engineer and data scientist roles to provide the tools, processes and organizational structures to support the data-focused enterprise.
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4 promising AR/VR pilots in business
Augmented reality and virtual reality implementations are emerging across several sectors, thanks to their value in providing remote training and hands-free access to information.
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6 hidden risks of IT automation
Automation is increasingly seen as a key IT strategy for competitive advantage, but pitfalls await those who fail to heed precautions.
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IT leaders grapple with the new normal
Five articles examine the challenges faced by leaders across all segments of IT – and the solutions that have made a difference.
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The hidden costs of outsourcing
Calculating the total cost of IT services has always been a challenge, but the changing nature of IT coupled with unexpected expenses revealed during the COVID-19 crisis could leave your organization exposed to even more surprises charges.
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Mobile’s new frontier: The front line of business
Workers who don’t work at a desk are finally starting to see mobile technology become standard tools to improve their work — and business results — as CIOs focus more outside the office.
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Design thinking: The secret to digital success
Design thinking has become a key practice for enterprises crafting digital products with the end user in mind. CIO.com spoke to design thinking practitioners to understand why and how organizations are leveraging it.
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5 machine learning success stories: An inside look
IT leaders share how they are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate business insights.
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Reimagining your organization as an intelligent enterprise
Companies that did the work to become flexible, adaptable, and anticipatory have been well-positioned to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. It's not too late for your organization to make that shift. Here's how to start.
Movers and Shakers
Digitizing industrial products at Cummins
Sherry Aaholm, CIO of the $23 billion engine manufacturer, shares her strategy for creating foundational change at scale
The Digital CIO
3 factors for implementing contact tracing in the workplace
As businesses plan to return to the office, CIOs need to develop a contact tracing strategy for a safe working environment.
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6 common project management mistakes — and how to avoid them
Projects seldom go as planned, leaving project managers with any number of small fires to put out. Here are the most common issues projects encounter and how to get things back on track.
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4 tips for quick automation wins
COVID-19 has enterprises eyeing automation to streamline operations and solve business issues spurred by the pandemic. IT leaders share tips for achieving quick, sustainable success.
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CIOs rethink the 18-month IT plan, post-COVID
The dramatic events of 2020 have IT leaders adjusting mid-range roadmaps on the fly, fast-tracking productivity, automation and customer initiatives while forgoing previously planned upgrades.
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20 reasons why software projects fail
From outsized expectations to fundamental feature changes, software development projects get derailed — or declared failures — thanks to a variety of project management and technical factors.
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8 key IT lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis
IT’s heroic response to the pandemic has highlighted the technologies, strategies and culture necessary to drive success going forward.
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11 steps to insourcing success
Thinking about insourcing currently outsourced IT work to cut costs or make good on a long-term strategic plan? Here’s how to do it right.
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7 low-cost, high-impact IT initiatives you can launch today
Launching an impactful project doesn't have to break your budget. Here are seven performance-boosting initiatives to push your organization forward — even in lean times.
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Rethinking IT strategy post-COVID-19
After a herculean effort to enable remote work at scale, IT organizations are ramping up innovation efforts to address the challenges and create new opportunities for doing business in a post-pandemic world.
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6 ways to make IT operations more efficient
As CIOs head into uncertain economic times, operational efficiency again takes center stage. Here’s how to streamline IT operations and trim budget while still fueling business growth.
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What is process mining? Refining business processes with data analytics
Process mining helps organizations gather insightful data to evaluate the reliability, efficiency and productivity of business processes throughout the company.Feature
Companies embrace emerging tech in return-to-office prep
Machine learning, mobile software and videoconferencing are among the technologies enterprises are adopting to lay the groundwork for welcoming employees back safely to corporate offices.
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10 reasons why digital transformations fail
Culture shock, competing priorities, resistance to change and talent deficits — if you’ve encountered any of the following issues, you may want to re-evaluate your digital transformation.
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11 ways to cut hidden fat from your IT budget
As the economy takes a turn and IT budget forecasts slip downward, it’s time to tighten up your technical stack — before the CFO comes calling.
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CIOs reshape IT priorities in wake of COVID-19
Surfacing from crisis mode, CIOs find themselves redefining IT priorities, thanks to budgets in flux, a rising need to refine business processes, and new outlooks on the future of work.
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IT’s 10 biggest challenges amid COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted IT operations across nearly every industry. Here’s how IT leaders are rising to the challenges.
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IT must think like a business and go beyond traditional business partnerships
By shifting its mindset from supporting core technologies to one that is more closely in tune with business objectives and customer needs, Oshkosh Corporation’s IT has a sharper focus and understanding on leveraging solutions that ultimately make a difference in people’s lives.
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Exclusive survey: What 400 IT leaders really think about the COVID-19 crisis
How did IT leaders respond to a world turned upside-down? And how has the coronavirus pandemic changed spending plans over the next year? A fresh CIO survey offers illuminating answers.
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What is value stream mapping? A lean technique for improving business processes
VSM is a lean management technique that helps businesses eliminate process redundancies and waste by finding ways to improve current lean and agile business processes.
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Digital KPIs: Your keys to measuring digital transformation success
CIOs use digital KPIs to gauge the impact of digital business initiatives. The KPIs also recalibrate digital models based on value and performance.
Building IT Relationships
A CIO's checklist for executing the COVID pivot
Simultaneously adjusting to new realities and developing forward-looking plans is near-impossible. This checklist will help you focus your efforts.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
COVID-19 thrusts e-commerce into the spotlight
3 stages to becoming a digital business in a novel economy.
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6 ways to optimize your innovation spend
Innovation is key to organizational growth. Yet most companies shortchange innovation initiatives when it comes to IT budgeting. Here’s how to stretch your R&D dollars.
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IT automation shakes up the entry-level career path
The advent of IT automation — and the desire for more meaningful work — is transforming how CIOs think about internal talent pipelines and entry-level IT work.
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10 ways coronavirus will impact your outsourcing strategy
From business continuity challenges to pricing model modifications, the COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching effects on IT service delivery, as IT leaders adjust and prep for the new, new normal.
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7 secrets of successful remote IT teams
Don't let geography diminish your IT team's productivity. These simple tips will help you get everybody working collaboratively and effectively wherever they are.
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What is the Zachman Framework? A matrix for managing enterprise architecture
The Zachman Framework uses a 36-column matrix to help organize your company’s enterprise architecture and lend insight into your organization’s IT assets.
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Dealing with the downturn
As the coronavirus pandemic builds, businesses are already reeling from the economic impact. Here's how IT can adjust to a new reality of cost trimming and budget cuts.
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What makes a great chatbot? Laser focus on customers
Chatbot success hinges on the right NLP algorithms and regular upkeep, experts say. Here’s how to ensure your chatbot initiative pays off.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
COVID-19’s impact on the enterprise and remote work
With the COVID-19 virus forcing people to stay at home, many enterprises suddenly have to support an entirely remote workforce. IDG influencers shared advice about how IT leaders can handle this new dynamic and the technology required during a recent #IDGTECHtalk Twitter chat.
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