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May
Before Starting Any Agile Journey, Know Your Destination
The promise of Agile is speed to market for delivering incremental value to the customer, but why is the adoption of Agile in organizations so...
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Apr
Are You Using, Doing, or Being Agile?
An Agile transformation is a journey. A journey has many ups and downs, and an Agile journey is no different. Another way of thinking about...
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Apr
Don’t Wag the Dog: Digital Transformation Starts with Company Strategy
Today, headlines about digital transformation dominate blogs and journals. IT leaders feel that they should have already started their organization’s transition into the digital age....
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Apr
Abraic Presenting at SIM Connect Live
We at Abraic often hear from CIOs about their struggle to define “digital transformation” for their organization and develop strategies for real change. We will be addressing these...
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Mar
Launching a Center of Excellence | Downloadable Executive Field Guide
A Center of Excellence—such as an OSM (Office of Strategy Management), PMO (Project Management Office), IT Governance, Continuous Improvement, or similar task force—is usually established...
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Mar
The Risk-Taker CIO Paradox
Leadership requires taking risks. But technology must work reliably. How do IT leaders square these two realities? CIOs are driving organizational strategies now more than...
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Mar
Conquering the UAT Process: Before, During & After
User Acceptance Testing can be a daunting and frustrating experience. Too often, the exercise becomes an ordeal of tight deadlines, stress, and system issues. While...
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Mar
Who Cares About Your IT Initiative?
Sure, we all want our IT initiatives to succeed. We regularly evaluate our projects, in-flight or upon completion, looking for tangible lessons to learn. We...
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Feb
PM Pointers: 3 Ways to Maximize Success with Inter-Team Dependencies
Managing an IT project often requires working with resources across other teams—not just those fully allocated to your initiative. Supporting resources and teams can be...
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Feb
The Fallacy of Multi-Project Resource Allocation
Organizations tend to divide the same resources over multiple, simultaneous projects and still expect the same level of productivity as if each person were dedicated...
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Feb
Executive Field Guide: IT Governance
There are dozens of definitions for “IT governance” out there. They use words like efficiency, effectiveness, alignment, control, and strategy—which are all valid terms. But...
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Feb
On the Hunt for Best Practices? Proceed with Caution
Organizations generally strive for optimization of internal processes and for the most efficient use of resources, since some methods are better than others. The most...
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