Boxes and Arrows

JUNE 4, 2013

A keynote address was given by Robyn Peterson, CTO of Mashable. Jurors of the 2013 UX Awards were: Anders Ramsay, agile UX designer & coach, UX author, leader of NYC IA Meetup and Agile Experience Design Group. Cindy Jeffers, CEO and CTO at Salon.com. ” After messages from sponsors, the jurors were introduced.

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Planview

MARCH 27, 2025

Step 1: Start With a Small-Scale Pilot The journey began in 2022 when Vanguard initiated a pilot within their Chief Technology Office and IT department, focusing on improving the software developer experience. Developed training programs to reinforce agile and flow principles. Flow isnt just about visibility.

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hackerearth

APRIL 30, 2018

However, a skilled CTO(Chief Digital Transformation officer) / CDO (Chief Digital Officer) with great leadership skills can be that maestro conductor inspiring an amazing orchestra. The CTO/CDO can connect strategy and implementation better than anyone else. Enable digital transformation the right way.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Technological advances necessitate CINO roles. When the Internet arrived 20 years ago, it necessitated roles such as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). But only 14 percent say that they can do it well.

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Planview

JANUARY 23, 2024

Join Dr. Mik Kersten, CTO at Planview, and Scott Densmore, VP of Engineering at GitHub, in dreaming about this realistic vision for the future in this Mik + One podcast episode. Who is Scott Densmore? Check out the Mik + One archives to listen to episodes with these and other experts.

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Planview

JULY 30, 2024

In their research, Gene and Steven reviewed common efficiency design systems like Lean, Agile, DevOps, and the Toyota Production System. Dr. Mik Kersten, CTO at Planview and author of the best-selling book Project to Product , recently welcomed Gene as a repeat guest on his podcast, Mik + One. Their conclusion?

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Planview

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Notably, the data suggests a trend: elite performers are more inclined to report value to their CEO and business stakeholders, whereas lower performers tend to relay information to no one at all or their CIO/CTO at best. Transformational Woes : The inability to measure the real value of transformational efforts can be disheartening.

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Planview

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This means: Choosing technology that gives business leaders the visibility to make quick, intelligent decisions related to revenue, cost, and risk appeal to their customers. Read the case study: Santander UK Unlocks Business Agility with Planview Portfolios. Lloyds Banking Group.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs. Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Agile gives a lot of power to the developers, the shop floor.). And still powerless?

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs. Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Agile gives a lot of power to the developers, the shop floor.). And still powerless?

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs. Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Agile gives a lot of power to the developers, the shop floor.). And still powerless?

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Planview

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The skinny: Peter Gunder, Chief Business Development Officer at American Family Insurance, talks about the impact digitalization has had on the insurance company, and how the focus of agile innovation has helped accelerate its digitization efforts. James Gardner, Spigit’s CTO, Explains. Read more →. Read more →.

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Acuvate

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In a centralized structure, decisions are usually taken by higher authorities who have control over the organization such as CEO, CTO, CIO etc. Dexterity refers to a business strategy designed to encourage workforce agility and engagement by promoting employee autonomy and building a more consumerized work environment.

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Planview

MAY 5, 2023

Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), once said, “Dance like nobody is watching. Regional teams used different work methodologies such as Agile, waterfall, and Lean Six Sigma. Encrypt like everyone is.” The company’s commitment to security is just one of the reasons AWS is Planview’s preferred public cloud provider.

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Anaqua

MARCH 27, 2019

By Erik Reeves, CTO of Anaqua. The accelerating pace of technological advancement is both unmistakable and inexorable today. Modern technologies increase our ability to easily develop and deploy new products and features.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Organizations in every industry and geography are increasingly indebted to external talent, whom we term agile talent , to augment their resources in strategic areas. The benefits are substantial: Agile talent provides organizations with greater flexibility, speed, and competitive insight. Here’s the problem. Some are excellent.

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The Inovo Group

OCTOBER 16, 2019

They reported directly to the CTO. Since 1997, there have been numerous waves of innovation theories, models and practices such as Disruption from Below , Open Innovation , Lead User , Design Thinking , Test & Learn , Product-Market Fit , Agile/Lean Innovation , Startup Collaboration , to name a few of the more prominent waves.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. ” Solomon confides that Agilent “continues to assess R&D skills against predetermined world-class criteria.” In fact, costs go up initially.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

As campaigner-in-chief, however, this President is demonstrably without peer. His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship. We knew what to do," said Harper Reed, the campaign's Chief Technology Officer. "We

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

Companies that lacked experience with lean methodologies had to be trained to operate as agile teams in order to define a specific use case for the technology. One CTO we spoke to tells a story about an AI project that “hit the wall” despite a sequence of green lights. Leaders must foster a culture of learning.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

Godbout was executive director at 18F before departing to become chief technology officer for the EPA. In fact, we’re not even sure you can legally do Agile! General Services Administration. He is now the CEO and cofounder of cBrain North America. I asked Godbout about how innovation teams work in government.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

The only competitive advantage comes though agility, keeping ahead of the competition, moving on to the next technology wave. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT management Information & technology Operations' As with American Airlines, each competitive advantage with IT is temporary.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

In response to the rapid advance of cloud computing, IBM’s software engineering groups embraced the Agile development method – with teams focused on incremental delivery of new capabilities every few weeks or months. With this approach, cross-functional teams quickly develop prototypes to bounce off of customers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Now is the time for political thinking and leadership that is truly holistic, agile, bold, and disruptive. Microprocessor (CPU) with human brain. We need to teach “self-reinvention” as a meta skill and reframe the “midlife crisis” into an art form.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Small, agile cycles of development and risk assessment help to measure goals, evaluate success and easily change execution strategy. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Don''t measure and punish failure; measure and celebrate learning. Failing fast and moving forward is a big win. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

As I approach my own new role as CIO at Harvard Business School, I''m focused on promoting a culture that provides the highest levels of service quality while enabling true agility and innovation. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT management Information & technology' IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

New, more agile , software development tools and testing methods are utilized. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT management Information & technology Operations' Requirements and specifications are more flexible and developed within cross functional teams with constantly evolving business needs.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Marketing’s growing data demands of speed, availability, and agility in rapidly changing customer behaviors don’t align with IT’s modus operandi of developing and maintaining hard coded, legacy systems. The CMO and CIO (and potentially the CTO) must bring complete transparency to the process. Bring complete transparency.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Contemporary organizations may do this process in a more agile and collaborative way, but the expectation is that PMs know best about what customers need and engineering is there to serve. Pro: Engineering can focus on coding without a lot of distraction; this tends to work well for Waterfall development shops with long lifecycles.

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Planview

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In the latest Mik + One podcast, Dr. Mik Kersten, Chief Technology Officer at Planview, sat down with Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman to discuss their groundbreaking work on Industrial DevOps and its potential to revolutionize the development of cyber-physical systems. Who are Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman?

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Planview

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This accolade reflects our commitment to building a culture that supports adaptive and agile project management practices. Allen, Chief Product Officer at Planview. Mik Kersten, Planview CTO and author of the book, Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. But many have done so in a way that actually makes them less agile. These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity.

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