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Transport for London’s Signal Failure – £886m more than planned*

Ron Rosenhead

. · Neither TfL nor Bombardier’s management teams were up to the task of managing the programme. · On this programme, a culture seems to have grown whereby TfL’s management was only interested in presenting good news. The Assembly experienced this first-hand. Optimistic planning bias strikes again?

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What is Bimodal IT and How Does it Work?

Wrike

Bimodal IT is a concept that was first introduced by leading global IT research firm Gartner in 2014. It is the practice of managing two distinct work modes concurrently – one mode focused on predictability and the other on exploration. Mode 2 is often conducted using the Agile project management framework.

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2021 Defense Industry Challenges and Trends: the United States

Epicflow Blog

In March, the Defense Department deployed some more officials supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency to facilitate vaccination. At the moment, the army-led NATO exercise is at its initiation stage: the army and equipment are being transported to Europe. Amend Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap established in 2014.

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