Few projects complete seamlessly, as there are many issues that can arise along a project’s journey from ideation to sign-off. Dealing with problems calmly and efficiently is a key aspect of the project manager’s role, and some of the challenges you will face as a project manager can be handled relatively easily on the fly.…
Darren Ash, assistant CIO for the USDA, Farm Production and Conservation Mission Area, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Watch as they discuss RPA, post-COVID-19 planning, edge computing and more. To read this article in full, please click here Read…
Women make up 47 percent of all employed adults in the U.S., yet as of 2015 they held only 25 percent of computing roles, according to data from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). Representation for BIPOC women is even worse, with Asian women representing just 5 percent of the tech workforce…
Reskilling is emerging as a critical initiative for IT leaders looking to strengthen their staffs for the other side of the coronavirus pandemic. And in accordance with social distancing practices, the training is happening 100 percent remotely. Companies are beefing up their virtual learning strategies to augment skills in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning,…
Mark Booth started his new job as CIO of Perdue Farms, the $7 billion producer of chicken and turkey, on January 19, 2020. He and his wife had sold their house in Chicago, just before Illinois went into shutdown because of COVID-19, and were able to complete the relocation to Salisbury, Md., by the skin…
Launching a new IT project is always challenging. Add in a pandemic, business uncertainty, economic instability and a scattered, distracted workforce and the task becomes even more daunting. Despite the multiple obstacles facing project leaders in today’s troubled times, it remains possible to build a world-class team that will meet, or even beat, projected performance,…
One hallmark of a successful digital strategy is agility, as accommodating changing business requirements with aplomb can keep companies in the black. For Dick’s Sporting Goods, an evolving digital strategy helped it pivot quickly when the coronavirus struck in March, with the company scrambling to accommodate skittish customers embracing social distancing. Shortly after closing its…
IT automation is nothing new. Enterprises for years have looked for ways to reduce or eliminate manual processes that can slow down service delivery, introduce errors into systems, and increase costs. But the idea of automating all types of processes seems to have taken on a greater sense of urgency of late, as IT organizations…
With the number of coronavirus cases surging in most U.S. states, several healthcare providers are seeking to enable an unprecedented level of data sharing with the creation of the National Response Portal (NRP). Built on Google Cloud by cloud solutions provider SADA, the NRP is an open data platform intended to help hospitals and communities…
Darrell Fernandes and his technology team meet twice yearly to review the 18-month roadmap that drives them toward the company’s north star — the vision of where it wants to be five years out. But Fernandes, who is head of product technology for TIAA, a financial services firm, had some detours recently, as he and…