IT transformation is inevitable: where to start

"It doesn't matter what you do, it matters how you do it." This simple life observation is often applied to IT initiatives and technologies. The desire to do everything well and even very well, quickly and productively, is the first step towards digitalization. But, having decided to take this step, you still need to think about how to do it.

It's very simple: if you want an innovative idea to succeed, you need to prepare the ground for its successful implementation. Want your IT initiative to take off? Get organized: set up planning and monitoring of existing IT; align your IT strategy with business strategy and requirements; consider all risks, costs and needs when making decisions.

These actions help planners, strategists, architects, portfolio managers, and the IT transformation service IT team transform the business concept into successful projects and reliable operations.

The IT transformation program for the purpose of business transformation is an advanced program whose essence is to present new IT services, optimize or remove existing ones, define new roles and responsibilities, and involve all interested parties in implementation. At a certain stage of maturity, the IT transformation initiative will require software to cope with the high level of complexity in project implementation. Here the question "buy or develop." Many will decide that you need to look for a standard solution, which in the conditions of an enterprise “usually” provides the following advantages:

• Faster achievement of desired results.
• Lower total cost of development and ownership.
• Best quality software.
• Consultants with experience in similar programs.
• Stable deployment.

However, using generic software that does not support individual settings for the needs of the company, you can be driven into a rigid framework. There are several arguments why it makes sense to consider exclusively adaptive solutions in IT transformation:

Convenient setup of collaboration of all interested parties

To flexibly plan the work of the IT landscape, to correctly manage the process, you need complete and relevant information collected from various sources. These are conclusions from business analysts, data from decision architects, tasks from project managers, risk forecasts and other information that are relevant for making management decisions.

Software for collecting and analyzing such information should:

• be comfortable for all participants in the process;
• constantly update information;
• perform tasks with a clear algorithm.

Flexible configuration of different levels of access to information

A lot of employees are involved in the implementation of IT transformation, and the system contains a large amount of confidential information related to business strategy and project management. Therefore, it is necessary to provide rules and access restrictions, clearly define who can make changes to the data.

Configure Automated Workflows

Typical processes allow you to strictly observe the sequence of actions, clearly meet deadlines, and not violate corporate policy. On the other hand, the ability to change their configuration, to expand the usual scenarios will help meet the requirements of the time. For example, you can set up special reports for auditors. Almost fully automated IT audit reporting is real.

To solve all the above problems, Alfabet from Software AG will be suitable. This is a multifunctional platform that is able to provide change management in IT for any industry. The digital transformation solution must precisely meet the company's requirements, and we at Software AG understand this. The Alfabet platform includes a metamodel, a large set of sample reports, standardized workflows, ready-to-use templates and roles. And all this has ample opportunities in terms of setting personal configurations.

In our future articles, we plan to talk in detail about the capabilities of Alfabet and the settings of the platform. Subscribe to not miss.

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