If you’ve ever struggled to create a project schedule or budget or had difficulty forecasting when new product features will be ready, this course is for you! Taught by experienced Scrum master and project manager William Davis, this short, online course will take the pain out of creating project and product estimates. In less than…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — If data truly is among an enterprise’s greatest assets, CIOs must be able to produce tangible demonstrations of how all that information can be marshaled to advance the business. Or make employees more productive. Or improve the customer experience. Whatever the ultimate aim is, smart enterprises are developing full-fledged strategies to try…
The “low code” sales pitch is seductive. After all, who wants to spec out a months-long software project to be handled by a large team of expensive, opinionated developers when just a few or even a business user will do? The low-code movement that has been emerging, thanks to tools that offer intuitive interfaces for…
If you find yourself unmotivated at your job, struggling to find new work, or feeling like your career passions and talents are underutilized, it might be time to consider investing in a career coach. Whether you’ve hit a crossroads or a brick wall, a career coach can help you determine the best path forward in…
Jon Fendenheim’s old boss, the CEO of a homebuilding company, liked to equate the cost of each new IT project to sales, as in how many extra homes he’d have to sell to cover the technology’s cost. Fendenheim, who was director of IT at AV Homes during those exchanges, says his boss’ perspective taught him…
When it comes to selling products, nothing quite gives an edge like knowing exactly where to target your sales efforts — and at what price. Thanks to the confluence of sophisticated data strategies and artificial intelligence, insights like these are fast becoming reality. Like many businesses, Fortune 500 dairy giant Land O’ Lakes is constantly…
Brett Hurt: When many people think of nonprofits, particularly more grassroots global development initiatives, technology isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind. But Rare has had great success integrating innovative technology into their conservation work. You’ve been with the organization for nearly two decades—can you describe for us how that came to be,…
Tech innovation often takes its cue from science fiction movies. Or is it the other way around? Nevertheless, the image of Tom Cruise interacting with a computer by waving his arms in the air in the movie “Minority Report” brought coolness to gesture-based computing. Meanwhile, MIT researchers are making it a reality. Can Apple bring…
When good employees leave, productivity sinks, morale suffers and colleagues struggle with increased workloads. Add in recruitment and training costs, and onboarding new hires can make for a difficult and expensive transition. The best solution is to keep your workers happy so they don’t leave. But before you can implement a plan to increase employee retention,…
The mandate for today’s CIO has changed markedly over the past decade. What was once a predominantly technical role has expanded to include leading most businesses through digital transformation initiatives. For most businesses, improving customer experience (CX) is their top digital initiative, as CX is now the top brand differentiator. To improve CX, however, companies…