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Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor

Inloox

Even though this project not quite reaches the epic financial miscalculation of Berlin’s BER airport, it again shows the difficulties realizing public infrastructure projects within their tightly constraint project plan. There are others, which are entirely preventable. Public construction projects require approval.

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The Role of Infrastructure in Cloud Financial Optimization

Leading Agile

The culprits are probably lurking in one (or more) of three areas: aspects of the raw infrastructure and purchased software, constraints imposed by legacy applications, and/or inefficiencies embedded in the organization’s engineering practices. One way to accomplish this is through cloud (or infrastructure) financial optimization.

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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

ProjectManager.com

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole.

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Infrastructure & Platform Management

Alan Parker Blog

Introduction Purpose The primary aim of infrastructure and platform management is to ensure that an organisation’s technological base, comprising hardware, software, networks, and facilities, is robust, efficient, and capable of meeting current and future needs.

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Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

ProjectManager.com

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. These capital projects can be infrastructure-based, such as roads and railways, when launched by the government. It’s used to help governments and corporations understand their future operational costs.

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What Is IT Management? Why Is IT Important for Businesses?

ProjectManager.com

Information technology, more commonly referred to as IT, is using hardware, software and the supporting infrastructure to manage and deliver data through various means, such as voice, video, etc. There are five essential areas of IT management: governance, operations management, project management, IT infrastructure security and service desk.

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How AI is Driving Strategic Decision-Making in Business and Government

The IIL Blog

A recent McKinsey Government agencies historically lag the private sector in the adoption of such innovations, so we can surmise an even lower figure for government agencies. Still, despite the growing use of AI in day-to-day tasks, only a minority of businesses use it for strategic decision-making.