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Automation With A Human Touch: Balancing Agility And Standardization

Timo Elliott

Simon Jarke is the Head of Corporate Digital Business Innovation at Freudenberg, a family-owned global technology group headquartered in Germany and founded in 1849. The good news is you can balance the two: the agility and standardization. “This example shows what I meant by balancing agility and standardization.

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Becoming an Intelligent, Sustainable Enterprise with SAP

Timo Elliott

My name is Timo Elliott and I’m an Innovation Evangelist for SAP. Our focus is enabling you with the innovation you need to achieve your purpose. Everybody I talk to is trying to develop new business models, unlock new growth, and innovate in order to stay ahead of the competition. Hello Everyone! Our purpose. Our solutions.

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The Future of Composable Business

Timo Elliott

We’ve taken all of the pieces that the intelligent enterprise is made up of , like finance, procurement, HR, manufacturing, and operations. The authors at Gartner have always said it is bringing together various things like the concept of a fusion team, and agile development, and pieces from service oriented architectures.

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What’s Different About PMBOK® Version 7?

Managed Agile

I think it is a big step forward in the journey that more fully integrates an Agile approach to project management. The Influence of Agile on Project Management. An Agile approach relies very heavily on tacit knowledge. In the past, I’ve been somewhat critical of PMI ® and PMBOK ®.

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Finding Your Perfect Pivot Using Data and Analytics

Sisense

Wise organizations operate a continual process of incremental innovation to keep up with it. Many of these companies have not been agile enough to embrace change before the pandemic, so they were in no position to make dramatic switches when the crisis arrived. The COVID-19 pandemic — When pivots must outpace evolution.

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7 Key Areas to Cover in Your RFP Template for BI (& Why They Matter!)

Sisense

You gain peace of mind that you haven’t overlooked something majorly important in the procurement stage – plus, it gives you a clear and easy way to evaluate vendors side-by-side. Future-Proofing Why it Matters: Your BI vendor might do everything you need them to now, but are they innovating enough to cope with your needs in the future?

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Hidden Benefits of the Cloud for Government Agencies

Cprime

Hidden Benefit #2 – Innovation increases in the Cloud. Agencies often struggle with having time for innovative activities – simply keeping up with day-to-day work might be a struggle with limited staff. But we know users want innovative and creative ways to interact with an agency and to accomplish their goals.