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Dec
How to Spot a Fake Digital Transformation
Have you participated in or led a digital transformation at your organization? Was it really a transformation, or was it perhaps just a series of...
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Dec
IT Leaders Are Not Quarterbacks
Business leaders are often compared to quarterbacks. A quarterback huddles up with the team before every play so players understand how to execute in an...
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Dec
Story Points Are About Complexity, Not Time
An important distinction between Agile and Waterfall methodologies is how far out you plan. In Waterfall, you need to plan out the entirety of the project....
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Dec
Get Great Requirements: A 6-Step Process for Approaching Completeness
With all the hype around Agile, I feel compelled to state the obvious: not all IT projects are Agile. (And not all should be—although it’s...
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Nov
A + B = X Factor: The Formula for Improving IT Performance
How is it that high-performing teams work so well? Is it something innate? Is it luck? Or is there a repeatable formula that results in...
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Nov
Girl Scout Advice for Supplementing Age-Old Management Practices with Digital Principles
When I was a Girl Scout, I learned how to succeed in organization-wide digital transformations. (Everyone got that IT leadership badge, right?!) We were taught...
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Nov
One for All or All for One? Instilling Team Ownership
As any good manager knows, a team infused with a strong sense of responsibility will produce a higher quality outcome. Instilling ownership across a team...
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Nov
Stop Talking Past Each Other! Improve Communication by Tuning Into Your Dominant “Language”
Do you ever have those moments in a conversation when you can tell that you just aren’t on the same page as the other person?...
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Oct
So What? The Big Takeaways After Reading the Digital Transformation Report
For the CIOs’ Perspectives on Digital Transformation study, IT leaders from a wide range of industries and organization sizes were asked about the nature of...
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Oct
Now You’re Agile: Stop Sucking at Sponsorship
Agile is about empowering teams and individuals. The roles defined by Agile are: Product Owner, Scrum Master, and team member. Not listed? Project sponsor. That...
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Oct
Hitting the Brakes on a Failing Project: How to Implement a Project Pause
Many organizations try to fight against project failure by adding budget, resources, or time to the baseline. However, throwing money at the situation often leads...
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Sep
5 Risks CIOs Must Assume in the Digital Age
For too many people, the concepts of “acting as a responsible CIO” and “taking risks” are mutually exclusive. A Traditional CIO is accustomed to a world where...
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