Strategic advice to leverage new technologies
Technology is at the heart of nearly every enterprise, enabling new business models and strategies, and serving as the catalyst to industry convergence. Leveraging the right technology can improve business outcomes, providing intelligence and insights that help you make more informed and accurate decisions. From finding patterns in data through data science, to curating relevant insights with data analytics, to the predictive abilities and innumerable applications of AI, to solving challenging business problems with ML, NLP, and knowledge graphs, technology has brought decision-making to a more intelligent level. Keep pace with the technology trends, opportunities, applications, and real-world use cases that will move your organization closer to its transformation and business goals.
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The software development industry is continuously evolving, requiring organizations to maintain greater control over software development processes, methodologies, and practices in order to certify that projects and their management align with a company's strategic direction. The project management office (PMO) paradigm has arisen within organizations as a critical element in maintaining this control.1
Part III of this series provides practical advice for launching a business-IT architecture misalignment initiative in practice. Topics covered include business as a change agent in business-IT transformation, building executive support, transformation scenarios, and establishing governance and funding.