| | September 20178CIOReviewIn my opinionMany IT professionals these days are getting more unpleasant encounters with unexpected and unknown problems, finding themselves in deep water of the new VUCA world. Throughout my 20-year IT career I could never envision my world, that I am so familiar with, changing so drastically and so quickly. For those of you who don't know what VUCA means or stands for, it is a fairly new managerial acronym short for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. In more simple terms it can be translated as crazy and unpredictable environment with a lot of variables and tons of challenges that require a modern leader making difficult (sometimes impossible) decisions every single day. I've been leading in this realm for the past 4-5 years and I can tell you that my past experience and principles of an IT professional simply didn't apply in this new unhinged habitat, because you just can't prepare yourself for a VUCA world.My primary domain has always been Application Management and I have grown through the ranks starting from the very beginning to the current position where I am making decisions across the entire IT department and potentially, the whole organization. When VUCA world came knocking, I didn't really recognize it right from the start and for the first 6-9 months I was at loss, trying to figure out why virtually none of my prior experiences and best IT practices worked for my teams. Once I came to a complete realization of what happened, I had to start thinking and behaving differently than before, looking for an answer on how to lead and By Alex Prohorov, VP, Application Development, TRAC IntermodalAgile Application Management IN VUCA WORLD
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