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Why Mixing Caution with Courage in Tech Pays Off Big Time

Productivity Land

In the tech industry you’ve got to know when to go all in with innovation and when to hold back due to risk. That’s where the genius of strategic alignment in technology portfolios comes into the picture. When the bet’s as high as it is in tech, knowing how to balance your cards can make all the difference.

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The Agile Hangover

Scrum.org

Now Scrum is not just a smart way of delivering software, it is a fundamental part of any enterprise agility transformation. . A pattern I would like to label ‘The Agile Hangover’. . First there comes the Agile party. Lots of passion, energy, and money were spent on the desire to improve. They are already agile.

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Navigating the Challenges of Cloud Transformation

Leading Agile

Cloud transformation is not simply a technological shift but a comprehensive, multi-dimensional journey that requires strategic planning, execution, and management. In this piece, we’ll delve into the complexities of cloud transformation, which is receiving increasing interest due to a desire to leverage emerging AI opportunities.

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Why Agile Engineering Practices in Software Development Are Essential to Achieve Agility

Scrum.org

In the Oxford Diary, the word agility is defined as the ability to move quickly and easily. It is therefore understandable that many people relate agility to speed. The term “agility” is often used to describe “a change of direction of speed”. Agility involves the ability to react in unpredictable environments.

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What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And why focus on improving agile retrospectives? Jordan, what’s happening with the Agile world at the moment? The agile market is growing in size and diversity for a number of reasons, and principle among them is the rise in popularity of the agile way of working itself. This growth has seen a huge rise in agile tools.

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The Perfect Storm for The Project Economy

Leading Answers

These three trends are: 1) Accelerating rates of technology adoption. 2) The switch to alternative energy sources to maintain GDP and meet emissions targets. Now people have seen what it would be like if there is less pollution; the transition to clean energy may accelerate also. 3) Infrastructure projects for population growth.

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Review Project Portfolio Management in Theory and Practice – Thirty Case Studies from around the World

Henny Portman

Projects selected must maximize the value for the company (Scoring matrix, e.g. strategic fit, resources required, technical feasibility, financial value, riskiness, joker project concept). I further miss a vision of the agility of the portfolio process itself. Portfolio balance. value vs. risk). Strategic alignment.