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The IT Project That Brought a Bank to Its Knees

Harvard Business Review

Sir Christopher Kelly, a former British senior civil servant, recently produced a damning report , which reviewed the events that led to the £1.5 The factors contributing to the failure cited in the report are ones that we all too frequently have encountered when we have reviewed challenged or failed projects. hedge funds. “It

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3 Ways to Get More Value from Automation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PWC’s Strategy&

Harvard Business Review

There’s still much to learn when it comes to digitizing business processes, and in particular using automation sprints—those smart, fast, and small efforts you use to boost productivity when a change to enterprise architecture isn’t the right step. No longer will all developers be assigned to project work.

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Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

After hearing about its success at another organization, many companies choose just one. For example, several companies embarked on Six Sigma programs after their CEO heard about GE's success with the approach, and many other companies have adopted Lean because of Toyota's success.

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CMOs and CIOs Need to Get Along to Make Big Data Work

Harvard Business Review

The CIO is becoming a strategic partner that is crucial to developing and executing marketing strategy.”. The CIO has the talent and expertise in infrastructure development to create the company’s Big Data backbone and generate the necessary insights. Develop a single scorecard that tracks progress and identifies breakdowns.

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