Assert IT’s Relevance During Digital Transformations
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Without an understanding of IT’s role in digital and a plan to execute that role:
- The CIO loses out on the digital domain to other organizational leaders as IT gets pushed into a support role to “keep the lights on.”
- Digital initiatives do not achieve their full potential, meaning the business loses a competitive advantage to companies that do involve IT in digital.
With an understanding of IT’s role in digital and a plan to execute that role:
- There is a concrete and clear plan of how IT is going to contribute to digital and why.
- The business understands the value IT adds to digital and is more willing to accept requests for additional resources.
Module 1: Create a Digital Definition
The Purpose
- Create a common definition of digital so that the organization can work toward common goals.
- Define IT’s role in digital to find out how IT should contribute to those goals.
Key Benefits Achieved
- The foundation for IT to deliver business value through digital is set up.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Review digital strategy. |
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| 1.2 | Discuss definition of digital. |
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| 1.3 | Determine IT’s digital role. |
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| 1.4 | Clarify IT’s digital goals. |
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Module 2: Understand the Current State
The Purpose
- Gauge where the IT organization currently stands in relation to digital.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Provides an assessment of the current state in terms of digital capabilities, initiatives, and skills.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Review the results from the business context tool. |
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| 2.2 | Identify current state capabilities. |
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| 2.3 | Identify current state initiatives. |
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| 2.4 | Identify current state skills. |
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Module 3: Define the Target State
The Purpose
- Define how IT will execute its role in digital to deliver business value.
- Clearly understand where IT needs to go by defining the target state IT capabilities.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identifies and documents, at a high level, IT’s target state in digital.
- The list of target state capabilities defines in more detail and clarity how the target state will look.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Further review IT’s digital goals. |
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| 3.2 | Identify target state capabilities. |
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| 3.3 | Map current initiative to target state capabilities. |
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| 3.4 | Identify missing digital skills. |
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Module 4: Bridge the Gap and Build the Roadmap
The Purpose
- Identify the gaps between the current and target states, and brainstorm initiatives to address the gaps.
- Build a communication plan to get buy-in from the business.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identifies the projects needed to reach the target state.
- Describes how the projects support IT capabilities, IT goals, and the business context.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Analyze capability gap. |
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| 4.2 | Identify new initiatives. |
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| 4.3 | Create initiative profiles. |
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| 4.4 | Prioritize initiatives. |
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| 4.5 | Build roadmap. |
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| 4.6 | Build communication plan. |
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