Archive for January 2023
The Entire Agile IT Group at Capital One Was Let Go. Is Your IT Job Safe?
If you have been on LinkedIn lately, you noticed the Agile layoffs at Capital One. Approximately 1100 employees were let go from the Agile group within its technology department. The bank said in a statement that instead of having “distinct roles focused on agile delivery,” its existing engineering teams and product managers will “share accountability…
Read MoreIdentity Access Governance Benefits Your Business in 4 Ways
Identity and Access Management, or IAM, is a framework of policies and technologies within an organization that ensures the right people have access the right resources at the right time for the right reasons. IAM plays an important role in any organization’s security program. Today more than ever, organizations need to protect who has access…
Read MorePrivileged Access Management (PAM) – Why It Is Important
What is privileged access management (PAM)? Users with privileged access accounts can cause major damage to your organization. Privileged accounts have elevated access rights. These accounts could be used by humans or machines. Think of accounts like domain or local administrative accounts. Other types of privileged accounts may include accounts that have broad access to…
Read More3 Critical Skills Required for Epic Leadership in The Digital Age
Over the past decade the world propelled like a rocket ship into the digital age. Everything we do, from purchasing products and services, to working from home, we do through technology. Smartphones and devices have become extensions of our body. Data has become an asset for organizations, and an improved digital customer experience is one…
Read MoreThe Art of Managing Agile Delivery – It’s About Balance
Hirotaka Takeuchi’s and Ikujiro Nonaka’s 1986 paper “The New New Product Development Game”, set in motion a new era in product development. Their key message was that the sequential way of building products, which resembled a relay race, was outdated. A faster and more flexible model that included self-organizing teams was taking its place. The…
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