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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This Executive Report provides a roadmap for IT action and offers a business oriented approach to maximizing the perception of IT effectiveness.
Given the potential impact of great IT or bad IT, why isn't the business community more tightly integrated with the delivery of IT services? Conversely, given the game-changing role that technology now plays within business, why aren't IT executives more proactive in tailoring their services to those business demands?
The value of Communities of Practice in improving knowledge sharing, employee motivation, career development and an organization's image has been validated by a number of case studies. But how do you go about it? Leave it totally to employees, and the communities may not take off. Apply excessive controls, and participants will resist the heavy hand of management.
Executive Update
Generalists, Specialists, and Generalizing Specialists
Software development is complicated, requiring highly specialized skills. Agile methods such as Scrum advocate self-organizing, cross-functional teams and promise predictable, efficient delivery of useful functionality. To have teams composed of people who are specialists in each of the relevant skills for your project, you need to know what the skills are before you plan the iteration.