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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers. In this sense it is similar to the roving CTO but focused more on the depth and effectiveness of the agile talent network. ” Similar in some respects to the CTO role is the role of the technical “chief.”

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. Core Competencies. Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

At eBay Germany, the authors found examples of how a maturing company like eBay can retain its innovative spirit. The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers, and the team’s ability to creatively resolve conflict, as marks of innovative leadership.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

At eBay Germany, the authors found examples of how a maturing company like eBay can retain its innovative spirit. The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers, and the team’s ability to creatively resolve conflict, as marks of innovative leadership.

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How IT Professionals Can Embrace the Serendipity Economy

Harvard Business Review

In collaborations systems, for instance, don''t overly engineer processes so that they constrain a system''s ability to adapt. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. A Board Director''s Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). IT management'

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Why Agile Goes Awry — and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity. These requirements were put into a ticket queue as tasks for the next available engineer to start working on. But many have done so in a way that actually makes them less agile.