Which metrics assist in DevOps proving its ROI? (With assistance from academia). Part Four.

David Linwood·3 July 2017·Delivery

...In Part Two, the most cited Return on Investment ("ROI") attributes listed by DevOps Commentators were gathered together to create a list of the most popular metrics by which to measure DevOps success. The research also identified groups of metrics which could be more popular at different levels of the organisation. These "lenses" were CEO level, CIO level and Manager/Team (see Part Two for details). Read More...

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How to implement Agile Scrum from scratch, in a climate resistant to change, and live to tell about it!

Jeremy Harris·2 July 2017·Delivery

...It all started with a desire to change the way we supported a Commercial Marketing application deployed in over 50 markets. The Commercial Marketing IT Center of Excellence had a lot of talented associates with deep knowledge and institutional history, but change had been slow to come, and we were… Read More...

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Instant Feedback and Pervasive Connectivity.

Burke Turner·2 July 2017·Customer Engagement

...We live in an age of instant feedback due to the drivers of changing consumer behaviour that include pervasive connectivity and a greater propensity to share. Read More...

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Skills Gap or Cultural Naivety?  What’s Stopping us Transforming?

Simon Ratcliffe·2 July 2017·People & Change

...A recent Cloud Industry Forum survey illustrated that 25% of organisations believe that a digital skills shortage is preventing or delaying them from successfully executing their digital transformation strategy.  A staggering 81% of CIOs believe that they need to recruit new staff to obtain the skills that they require.  But is this really a valid issue or is it symptomatic of a wider problem within organisations today? Read More...

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5 ways your HR strategy can allow technology deployments (IT projects) to fail

Burke Turner·2 July 2017·People & Change

...It would appear that half of all large IT projects massively blow their budgets. According to a study of more than 5,400 UK and US IT projects, carried out by McKinsey and the University of Oxford, the average budget overrun is 45%, with the total overspend coming in at an eye-watering $66 billion. That’s more than the GDP of Luxembourg. Read More...

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Designing the workplace for your future

Burke Turner·28 June 2017·People & Change

...We’ve all seen the photos of beanbags, foosball tables, swings, slides, and snooze pods, set between new-age open plan designs (wooden benches and picnic tables replacing cubicles) but is that the answer to building the workplace of the future? Make sure your interior designer is wearing fashionable jeans and sneakers? Read More...

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Technology and people strategy

Burke Turner·28 June 2017·People & Change

...In today’s knowledge economy, where business relies on enabling talent to thrive, your people strategy must have the agenda of unlocking talent to deliver sustainable corporate growth. Read More...

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How to Effectively Resource your IT programme

Alison Clare·26 June 2017·People & Change

...In our last blog we talked about stakeholder engagement and how important it is to use the right mixture of skills when resourcing your project.  Expanding on that theme, in this blog we will be discussing Programme Resourcing.  Read More...

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Data Asset Management (DAM)

Nigel Tebbutt·26 June 2017·Delivery

...Data Asset Management (DAM) conserves, curates and exploits valuable enterprise Data Assets – Enterprise Data along with their associated Services.  Data Assets are now widely regarded as important in driving business value. Just as other tangible assets are monetised, Enterprise Data and Services have a fiscal value on the balance… Read More...

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Marketing Mix Modeling: What’s It All About? – A Discussion with Professor Mike Hanssens

Kevin Gray·25 June 2017·Data & Analytics

...Marketing Mix Modeling is one of those things many of us talk about but few of us really understand. This is unfortunate since it's relevant to practically every aspect of any business, even operations. Read More...

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Which Comes First, the Data or the Egg?

Kevin Gray·25 June 2017·Data & Analytics

...Is there fool’s gold in them thar hills? Any statistician or data scientist at one point or another will be asked: “I have this data. Can you tell me if there’s anything interesting in it?” I have heard variations of this question more times than I can remember. If you’ve had much training in statistics, questions like this can make you cringe. Read More...

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Millennials Make Their Mark in Health and Safety

Shawna Ryan·25 June 2017·People & Change

...Executives at the GDS HSE Insight Summit say they're hiring more millennials to push the industry forward with their technological knowhow. It's not uncommon when asking executives in almost any industry what they find to be the most exciting changes in their field to hear the answer "Technology" in uniform chorus. Read More...

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