July 8, 2010 5:57 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
agile projects,
CIO,
lean methodologiesIn the past few weeks I’ve been writing about agile projects, Scrum vs. waterfall or using the two project approaches together, and a theme that keeps coming up when I talk to project managers is cutting...
July 1, 2010 7:20 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
IT training and certifications,
ITIL,
Midmarket CIOThose looking to be certified in ITIL V2 Foundation have missed their chance: As of July 1, the V2 Foundation recertification is no longer offered, as the Office of Government Commerce slowly withdraws ITIL V2 in favor of...
July 1, 2010 6:49 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
agile projects,
CIOOne of the 12 principles of agile projects is that agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely, according to...
June 24, 2010 7:15 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
IT,
IT/business alignment,
ITIL,
Midmarket CIOWhere does ITIL fit in with SMBs? It seems more organizations are following ITIL best practices in their overall IT operations and service delivery -- creating some form of a service catalog, practicing change management strategies and focusing on service design -- but not following ITIL frameworks...
June 24, 2010 6:25 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO,
scrum,
waterfallTo quote one respondent to my last blog post on whether agile projects should mix Scrum and waterfall: “I have been on projects within the U.S. government where they...
June 18, 2010 2:28 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
Agile,
Development,
Midmarket CIO,
Strategy for CIOsI talked to a few CIOs recently who were using Scrum and Waterfall for agile project development. One was using a combination of the two to develop a portal and services for...
June 17, 2010 8:00 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
IT/business alignment,
Midmarket CIO,
Project ManagementA lot of projects fail. If business requirements aren't clear or gathered effectively, or if the scope of the project is inaccurate, failure happens. But this past weekend, at New England GiveCamp (a Microsoft-sponsored volunteer weekend held at
June 10, 2010 3:57 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
Agile,
CIOIt’s OK to fail when taking an agile approach to a business service or software development project, but if you fail, fail fast.
As one expert explained to me, if you don’t fail, you don’t really...
June 9, 2010 9:03 PM
Posted by: Kristen Caretta
IT jobs,
Midmarket CIO,
Strategy for CIOsIf employee retention strategies haven't been a priority for you as of late, now may be a good time to refresh your staff priorities, because IT talent is in high demand.
According to the June Dice report, 71% of technology recruiters and hiring managers expect to add more staff in the second...
