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Project management strategies that transform businesses: A CIO guide
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Survey reveals top IT priorities for 2015
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How technology executives can prove IT's value
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The role of IT in planning the project pipeline
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Free project management templates for the CIO
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Editor's note
There are some best practices around project and portfolio management (PPM) that every IT organization -- from well-established enterprise to fledgling startup -- should observe. But the increasing IT emphasis on strategic innovation and digitization means that organizations with effective project management strategies can no longer simply sit on their laurels. It's vital that IT organizations, and the CIOs overseeing them, take a fresh look at project and portfolio management, ensuring that fresh priorities bubble to the top and receive adequate resources, while past-their-prime initiatives are put out to pasture.
In this CIO guide to project management strategies and portfolios turned upside down by digitization, learn how modern IT organizations are pushing forward with the latest technologies in order to quantify the value of technology, clean up their project pipelines, transform business processes and, especially in the case of startups, get great ideas off the ground.
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1Project management in practice
In these videos, established enterprises and startup companies alike share their strategies for prioritizing technology projects and investments to grow the organization.
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The cancer patient comes first for CTCA CIO when setting IT strategy
At the 2014 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, SearchCIO's Associate Site Editor Emily McLaughlin asked Kristin Darby, newly appointed CIO at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, how she prioritizes all the demands of a CIO. Watch Now
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Hopper: Crunching big data, making travel easier
SearchCIO recently caught up with Hopper's Chief Data Scientist Patrick Surry to inquire about the big data technology that fuels Hopper's business model. Watch Now
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Inside the PayPal Start Tank incubator
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2Transformative project management strategies
In the era of digitization, project and portfolio management is a lot more than organizing and examining a slate of IT initiatives and sorting out what gets completed when. With a strategic approach, PPM can transform the business and create new revenue opportunities and reinvent organizational structures. In the following pieces, learn how to manage projects and priorities in order to refresh business processes, achieve business agility and support digital initiatives coming down the pipe.
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Five principles that can spark an organizational transformation
How do you make business transformation happen? A CIO at a nationwide voluntary health organization tells us how he turned a well-researched PowerPoint into a bona fide IT and business strategy. Read Now
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Operation: Business agility
Is your business striving to achieve business agility? In this tip, project management strategy expert Joseph Flahiff lays out four practices that can help get you there. Read Now
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Technology-driven business strategies: The heat is on
Aligning technology with business strategies has long been on the CIO radar, but a shift is happening: Now, business strategies are often contingent on technology trends. Read Now
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When it comes to digital initiatives, be bold
Who is ultimately responsible for an organization's digital initiatives, and how can they transform an enterprise? In this report from the 2014 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, IT leaders share their perspectives. Read Now
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Top priorities around agile project management and development
Is your organization inclined to go agile? Our SearchCIO readers respond to our recent coverage with their own takes on the pros and cons of agility in IT. Read Now
3Project management terms to know
To assess project success, CIOs need to know the lingo. Below are some terms that will help you gauge whether your projects are meeting your company's objectives.
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Change management
Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with the transition or transformation of an organization's goals, processes or technologies. Read Now
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Critical success factors
Critical success factors are a limited number of key variables or conditions that have a tremendous impact on how successfully and effectively an organization meets its mission or the strategic goals or objectives of a program or project. Read Now
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IT prioritization
IT prioritization is the process of initiating IT projects and procedures based on both the immediate and long-term needs of an organization. Read Now
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Organizational goals
Organizational goals are strategic objectives that a company's management establishes to outline expected outcomes and guide employees' efforts. Read Now
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Project post-mortem
Project post-mortem is a process intended to inform project improvements by determining aspects that were successful or unsuccessful. Read Now
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Project scope
Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines. Read Now
4How to get your small business off the ground
Enterprises are wrangling with their own line-up of PPM hang-ups, but startups and other small businesses face unique challenges not only in managing projects and portfolios, but also in getting myriad business problems right: securing financing, acing investor pitches and selecting the technologies that will propel the organization forward, rather than weigh it down. These columns and case studies reveal how smaller companies are tackling strategic management challenges.
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Prepare yourself for the age of small business
Bryan Barringer was only 7 years old when he inspired his family to open its first business. He's now a serial entrepreneur, and provides this guide to starting your own business. Read Now
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Four obstacles holding back startups -- can big businesses help?
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Here's how to get your investor pitch right
It can be difficult to convince potential investors that they should fork over the funds to support your new business concept. A good initial step is a detailed 'needs inventory.' Read Now
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Advice for raising capital for your small business
There are avenues for funding your startup today that have never been available before -- some that might even allow you to access capital without ceding potential revenues or ownership of the business. Read Now
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Brewing a startup-suitable cloud ERP strategy
Two craft brewery businesses realized they could reap tangible rewards by moving from ad hoc processes to cloud ERP. Learn how they judged project success. Read Now
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Should you build or buy a mobile app?
Creating a mobile application can provide small businesses with a competitive edge. A real estate company explains why commissioning its own app was the right approach for its house hunters. Read Now
5IT project management essentials for growing a business
PPM is an essential piece of prioritization that lies at the core of all areas of IT, including business transformation, startup success and enterprise innovation. Ignore PPM at your peril: doing so might put your organization in a position to fall short of its business goals. Review some of our recent coverage and take our quiz to test your knowledge of project management essentials.