4 secrets of successful EPMOs

Poor project performance is a bane to enterprises. Not only do projects that miss targets challenge an organization’s ability to remain competitive, they are a drain on resources, as The Project Management Institute’s 2020 Pulse of the Profession report shows that 11 percent of investment is wasted due to poor project performance. As organizations strive…

11 ways to accelerate your software project

Sure, every IT leader and customer wants every software project delivered faster. But fast-tracked development can lead to buggy code, shoddy testing, incomplete solutions, or worse, insecure software. But, while no one wants a failed software project, sometimes certain contexts — market conditions, business needs, windows of opportunity — can justify some measure of tradeoffs…

How platform thinking drives innovation at Visteon

When software and data become an increasingly significant part of your manufacturing company’s products, how does your product development organization need to change? How does the IT organization, trained to enable mechanical and electrical engineers, now enable a 5,000-person software engineering organization? These are the questions that faced Visteon, the automotive parts supplier, when it…

The new CIO charter

Nathan Rogers doesn’t have a background in coding or computer science. He’s spent little career time mapping IT infrastructure or understanding system architecture. Yet Rogers, with an MBA and a resume loaded with business development and accounting experience, isn’t the head of finance or operations. Instead, he serves as senior vice president and CIO at…

Making employee experience a CIO priority

CIOs are under tremendous pressure to cut costs, produce innovative new products and services, hire top talent, and even transform the organization’s business model. With so much on the CIO’s to-do list, the internal employee experience is in danger of falling to the bottom of the CIO agenda. Digital transformation has set the CIO’s attention…

Where enterprise IT can really apply AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is something every IT organization must have in place to succeed. Or so you would think given the steady hype exhorting the technology’s importance. Yes, AI can provide business value. No, it’s not going to magically solve all your organization’s issues. Still, approached rationally, AI can advance your enterprise systems and thus…