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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

Recommendation: The project remains well-controlled and will continue to report any issues as they arise to the monthly project Steering Committee, chaired by Mark Wilson (Chief Technology Officer). This three-month lead time would delay the project’s timelines and cause a loss of approximately $42,000 in project benefits.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

My point is that although project management tools are not completely important; they are definitely a means to an end. As a result, when they send in a request to the IT team and the CTO to buy task management tools, a lot of wrong things happen. The daily business operations are headed by the CEO and the CTO. Think about it.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Today, Mike Cottmeyer brings in our CTO and one of the main architects of our Studios offering to discuss the conditions that must be present for solid technical practices and software craftsmanship to thrive. And Kevin Smith, who is a kind of chief architect, principal consultant in our studio.

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Agile Unplugged: EP01 | Mike Cottmeyer and Brian Sondergaard

Leading Agile

Now that he’s on the consultant side of things, he brings his unique perspective to each of his engagements and is able to empathize with his clients in a way that only he can. You just went from director to CTO? – Or did you actually get an intermediate promotion there at some point in time? – [Mike] Yeah.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Brian Derfer, CTO. Introducing the Agile Risk Management (ARM) Framework,” Brian Derfer, CTO, Agile Six Applications, Inc., Order Contract, C. On the Quantitative Definition of Risk,” Stanley Kaplan and B. 7, May 2012., Introducing the Agile Risk Management (ARM) Framework,” Agile Six Applications, Inc. Ramchandani, E.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Brian Derfer, CTO. Introducing the Agile Risk Management (ARM) Framework,” Brian Derfer, CTO, Agile Six Applications, Inc., Order Contract, C. On the Quantitative Definition of Risk,” Stanley Kaplan and B. 7, May 2012., Introducing the Agile Risk Management (ARM) Framework,” Agile Six Applications, Inc. Ramchandani, E.