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Scope risks push projects towards failure. There can be two reasons—you lack knowledge about the scope or you do not know how to identify risks. This could land your project in serious trouble. In this article at Project Risk Coach, Harry Hall discusses 8 ways you can identify scope risks in your project. What Are Scope Risks and How to Identify Them Events and conditions that can create a significant positive or negative impact on …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be incorporated into businesses more as organizations strive to accommodate the new technology. A survey report published in 2018 by Narrative Science and the National Business Research Institute states that 60 percent companies have already integrated AI. They are trying out further avenues as well. In this article at TechRepublic, Jonathan Greig discusses how the technology can increase businesses for industries. AI Increasing Business As per 2018 Gartner surveys, AI will …

Risks are threats that are yet to become issues. With new technologies empowering customers, neglecting risks can affect your company’s brand value too. Facebook learned it the hard way. In this article at InformationWeek, John Edwards shared the views of Steven Minsky, the CEO of enterprise risk management software provider LogicManager, in this regard. Playing with Risks Minsky, the author of “The State of Risk Management in 2018,” opines that companies are experiencing a “see-through …

The GDPR regulation will come into effect today. 70 percent of CIO 100 members are sure they are complying with the regulations or are confident about their progress. In this article at CIO, Thomas Macaulay gives you a glimpse of what the CIOs are thinking about the new regulation. Going the GDPR Way While the majority of CIOs have confidence with the GDPR strategy, 4 percent are doubtful and 1 percent fear failure. Elizabeth Denham, …

Leaders should treat employees with utmost care, as their effort allows visions to become reality. A returned smile too can boost morale. To realize benefits, you must make more efforts, though. In this article at the Enterprisers Project, Robert Pischke shares 4 amazing ways you can win hearts of the employees. 4 Ways to Appreciate Employees To boost employee morale and productivity, you must ramp up the office space. To help employees get up to …

CIOs play a pivotal role in making a company future-proof. The key differentiator is that they think technology and processes from a strategic point of view that is based in the future. They also are key enablers that encourage teams to take ownership of their products or services. In this article at CIO, Myles F. Suer talks about how CIOs strive to build a future-proof organization. Futuristic CIOs Depending on CIOs, organizations define their technological …

Enterprise automation tools like ERP systems, CRM applications, and product lifecycle management software are big IT initiatives that need large investments. As per Gartner, global spending on enterprise software is going to spike up to 9.5 percent, i.e., from $355 billion in 2017 to $389 billion in 2018. However, with RPA, machine learning, and NLP systems, automation will cease to be a big investment with longer break-even points. In this article at strategy+business, Dan Priest …

Cybersecurity is a point of major concern for most IT companies these days. Every company spends millions of dollars to upgrade their security systems and lead a peaceful life. However, as a surprising fact, the majority of cyber incidents happen due to the negligence of the company employees. In this article at TechRepublic, Tom Merritt lists out the five major cyber blunders that employees commit. The Surprising Facts A 2017 survey by Kaspersky Lab suggests …

Work culture in every industry or organization has undergone a huge transformation in the recent years. Long back, employees and senior executives in any company were pretty much content with a stable work environment that ensured constructive business and personal growth. However, the perception has changed now. The ‘stability’ factor has been replaced by ‘change management’ strategies. In this article at Strategy+Business, John Jones and his fellow authors share 10 basic principles of managing change …

In wake of the recent data leakage incident, Facebook is striving hard to rebuild its image when it comes to user data privacy and security. In this news update, IDG News Service brings out some important changes that Facebook is willing to implement to regain the trust and confidence of its users. What’s New? As an initial step, Facebook wants to empower the users with their own decision-making ability. They want the users to decide …