We were very fortunate today to have Barb Mastrianni, AVP and Senior Program Manager for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Inc.  Barb shares the lessons that Chubb has learned about what it takes to do Agile "right" and how they've gone from a somewhat shaky start to an exponential growth in successful project outcomes. The secret is all about determining where you want to go before you try to go there, and putting governance guardrails in place to be sure that everyone (the business, IT, PMO, analysts, etc) understands the route and the destination before you set off. The idea of doing a pre-charter assessment to understand the project and rigor Chubb wraps around that process is particularly worthwhile. This is a must listen for any organization looking for ways to improve their Agile  practices.

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These podcasts are dedicated to bridging the gap between business & IT. Each episode looks at different aspects of this relationship as we explore ways to help the two groups better communicate. We're passionate about this topic because it's a failure to communicate that causes 75% of all IT project failures and costs the US $1.8 Trillion every year—8% of US GDP!

If you don't want to become one of these statistics and want to learn about an easy way to avoid it, please visit our website and schedule a free consultation.

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Mainframes are the powerful, reliable, and secure backbone of IT infrastructure. However, modernizing them to meet the needs of the modern enterprise is no easy task. Ensono’s Oliver Presland and Vince DeYoung join Linda Graham to delve into this topic and the challenges businesses face in developing an impactful approach to mainframe modernization.

Oliver and Vince share their insights on how businesses can approach the issues around cost, security, and performance to develop a strategy that meets each organization’s unique requirements.

KiKi L’Italien, senior consultant for Tecker International and Founder/CEO of Association Chat, joins Dave for a discussion of the "Groundhog Day Effect" in 501c leadership!

Reboot IT host Dave Coriale, president of DelCor Technology Solutions, is joined by Tori Liu, CIO at The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) for a discussion on customer/member experience in the 501c community.

Today we’re talking to Joyce Hunter, former CIO of the USDA and currently CEO of Vulcan Enterprises. Joyce brings a long and storied career full of insights from both the public and private sectors, from both sides of the fence—she’s been both customer and vendor. We discuss the similarities between the public and private sector, talk about some terrible project failures and some great successes, and explore the key reasons behind each.

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These podcasts are dedicated to bridging the gap between business & IT. Each episode looks at different aspects of this relationship as we explore ways to help the two groups better communicate. We're passionate about this topic because it's a failure to communicate that causes 75% of all IT project failures and costs the US $1.8 Trillion every year—8% of US GDP!

If you don't want to become one of these statistics and want to learn about an easy way to avoid it, please visit our website and schedule a free consultation.

Alternatively, if there's some topic you'd like to hear more about, or you have an idea about how we might better serve our listeners, please shoot us an email at dave@bridgingbusinessit.com. We'd love to hear from you.

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On this episode of Ensono Tech Corner’s new series Dean’s List, Ensono’s Clint Dean, Vice President of State and Local Government and Higher Education, and Dean Johnson, Senior Executive Government Advisor of Public Sector in North America, speak with host and product marketing manager Jake Lindquist to deconstruct some of the challenges faced with cyber security in State and Local Governments. 

They’ll discuss the different approaches state governments take, the key concepts to keep in mind when building out cyber security, and how Ensono is able to help ensure that your digital space is as safe as it can be. 

Ensono’s Simon Ratcliffe and Alex Hilton from Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) – a Not-For-Profit that aims to inform and educate businesses on cloud-based services, explore CIF’s annual research report to answer the question: where are all the truly transformational IT projects? 

Simon and Alex discuss the most notable changes they’ve seen in the tech sector over the last 11 years, the value of strategic contingency plans and the importance of looking beyond infrastructural projects on the road to digital transformation.

Introduction to a journey and your hosts. A father and son tech team sets out to explore the biggest challenge and most persistent problem in business technology—how to bridge the chasm between what a business needs and how IT addresses that need. Each brings a different perspective and approach with the goal of meeting in the middle. 

These podcasts are dedicated to bridging the gap between business & IT. Each episode looks at different aspects of this relationship as we explore ways to help the two groups better communicate. We're passionate about this topic because it's a failure to communicate that causes 75% of all IT project failures and costs the US $1.8 Trillion every year—8% of US GDP!

If you don't want to become one of these statistics and want to learn about an easy way to avoid it, please visit our website and schedule a free consultation.

Alternatively, if there's some topic you'd like to hear more about, or you have an idea about how we might better serve our listeners, please shoot us an email at dave@bridgingbusinessit.com. We'd love to hear from you.

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Dave welcomes Inteleos CIO, Juan Sanchez, to discuss objectives and key results (OKRs) and their role in successful IT program management. A two-part podcast.

Resources mentioned:

• Quick read book: Modern take on OKRs: Radical Focus by Christina Wodtke
• Easy to digest training/guidance – consulting: Skillfire
• Felipe Castro blog
• Best video for a 101: Perdoo’s OKR Crash Course 

Dave explores seven common causes of IT project failure. For more on the RACI Matrix, read Dave's blog, Start Every Technology Project with Two Conversations. 

In this episode of The Audio Project with Deena Tearney, we talk about Change Management.  Change Management is a huge investment in time and effort on your IT Projects and we all know its super important.  Finding the ROI for the effort that aligns with your project is the trick.  Listen in as Deena Tearney and Steve McGovern chat on Change Management.

Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .