Evolution or Revolution
Is your IT functionality evolving, but still just superimposed on your current business processes? If so, you may not be getting the most benefit from your investment. Consider IT-enabled business transformation. IT should be used as a lever for designing a new organization and revolutionizing associated business processes.
Three critical questions for exploiting IT-related benefits:
- What is the rationale for the current organizational design? (i.e. what are the strengths and limitations?)
- What significant changes in business processes are occurring in the competitive marketplace (and what is the cost of not keeping up)?
- What are the costs of continuing with the status quo (should you redesign your business process and at what pace)?
Consider revolutionizing your organization… and start with IT.