You could have heard a pin drop in the room. We were debating the target architecture of a large program. Someone in the room had said: “We created a target architecture four years ago, which we all believed in, and I guess we are half-way through implementing it. So, why is this not helping us achieve the outcomes we are chasing now? It’s because everything is morphing – the business, the situation, the customer, the outcomes, etc. We should stop guessing the future.”
Creating a better business outcome should always be our top priority, but how do you get there? Here are my top five recommendations:
1. Stop trying to implement a system – it distracts us from our original goal
Most IT discussions at an enterprise level focus on what kind of system or architecture is required to achieve the business goals. The dialog then quickly moves to “what software should one use?”, or “how fast can the target architecture be implemented?”, or even, “what is the right mix between commercial and custom-built software?”. We are being distracted by shiny new technology and solutions.
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Source: IT Strategy