agile - News, Features, and Slideshows

• When to kill (and when to recover) a failed project

  Admitting project failure is never easy, but sometimes the kill decision turns out to be the best decision. Here's how to know when to scrap and when to save a failing project.

• Fonterra and The Instillery take top prize at IDC’s Digital Transformation Awards

  The Instillery and Fonterra invented a digital pipeline service that enables organisations to collaborate with their digital agencies and vendors across the globe.

• Gartner to CIOs: ‘Go forth and invest now in AI'

  ...but do it 'cautiously and opportunistically’

• A CIO’s game plan for leading through digital disruption

  “We are an IT shop just like anybody else, but we happen to be doing it for one of the world's largest tech companies,” says Julie Canepa, CIO for Cisco in Australia and New Zealand.

• CIOs recognise they need to help drive fast change, not be a source of friction: Forrester

  CIOs recognise they need to help drive fast change, not be a source of friction.

• Are agile, DevOps and similar certifications worth it?

  DevOps, continuous delivery, scrum and agile are all necessary skills in an IT-driven workplace. But how much can certifications in these areas really prove?

• How to help your agile team succeed

  If your organization has adopted an agile methodology and you're frustrated by failure, it's time for a long, hard look in the mirror: Perhaps the problem isn't agile. The problem is your management style. How can you help teams succeed? First, you have to get out of their way, says Selena Delesie, founder and principal at Delesie Solutions, an agile coaching, consulting and training firm, in a workshop held at Agile Alliance 2015 last week in Washington, D.C.

• 11 project management tips for setting and managing expectations

  Project management experts discuss the best ways to set, manage and adjust expectations to ensure that projects don't veer off course - and they suggest what steps project managers should take if they do.

• 13 tips for keeping IT projects under control

  How do you keep IT projects under control? Project managers and other experts share their top tips for keeping IT projects on schedule.

Whitepapers about agile

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  2016 Veeam Availability Report: How to close a widening Availability Gap

  While business transformation is driven by a new breed of user — one that desires a seamless, connected experience — the ability for modern enterprises to deliver non-stop services and continually innovate has never been more urgent. However, are today’s businesses delivering what users need?

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  Agile revolution report: Benchmarks and guidelines to improve your effectiveness

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  Achieving agile IT operations with unified infrastructure monitoring