Redesign Your IT Organizational Structure
Structure follows strategy: Design your IT organization for the future.
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Your organizational structure is not delivering the value if it:
- Fails to take into consideration the implications of the business context.
- Is not aligned to the overarching vision of the enterprise and the goals it intends to reach.
- Leads to workforce concerns such as retention, lack of role clarity, and cognitive overload.
- Could be more effectively organized.
A great organizational structure:
- Is founded on clear drivers of the need for a new organizational structure.
- Recognizes that organizational redesign is a change initiative that requires change management practices to successfully be adopted.
- Is founded on a more stable operating model sketch, enabling dynamic reteaming of people and roles when necessary.
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Book NowModule 1: Establish the Organizational Design Foundation
The Purpose
- Lay the foundation for your organizational redesign by establishing a set of organizational design principles that will guide the redesign process.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Clearly articulate why this organizational redesign is needed and the implications the strategies and context will have on your structure.
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| 1.1 | Define the org design drivers. |
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| 1.2 | Document and define the implications of the business context. |
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| 1.3 | Align the structure to support the strategy. |
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| 1.4 | Establish guidelines to direct the organizational design process. |
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Module 2: Create the Operating Model Sketch
The Purpose
Select and customize an operating model sketch that will accurately reflect the future state your organization is striving towards. Consider how capabilities will be sourced, gaps in delivery, and alignment.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A customized operating model sketch that informs what capabilities will make up your IT organization and how those capabilities will align to deliver value to your organization.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Augmented list of IT capabilities. |
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| 2.2 | Capability gap analysis |
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| 2.3 | Identified capabilities for outsourcing. |
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| 2.4 | Select a base operating model sketch. |
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| 2.5 | Customize the IT operating model sketch. |
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Module 3: Formalize the Organizational Structure
The Purpose
Translate the operating model sketch into a formal structure with defined functional teams, roles, reporting structure, and responsibilities.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A detailed organizational chart reflecting team structures, reporting structures, and role responsibilities.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Categorize your IT capabilities within your defined functional work units. |
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| 3.2 | Create a mandate statement for each work unit. |
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| 3.3 | Define roles inside the work units and assign accountability and responsibility. |
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| 3.4 | Finalize your organizational structure. |
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Module 4: Plan for the Implementation & Change
The Purpose
Ensure the successful implementation of the new organizational structure by strategically communicating and involving stakeholders.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A clear plan of action on how to transition to the new structure, communicate the new organizational structure, and measure the effectiveness of the new structure.
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| 4.1 | Identify and mitigate key org design risks. |
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| 4.2 | Define the transition plan. |
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| 4.3 | Create the change communication message. |
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| 4.4 | Create a standard set of FAQs. |
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| 4.5 | Align sustainment metrics back to core drivers. |
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