At first, the role of a digital strategy consultant might seem clear. After all, digital transformation is a booming worldwide business, and digital strategy is the tip of the spear for a digital transformation initiative. Therefore, one might think that the job of a digital strategy consultant is to help Read more…
A digital operating model is the bridge between digital strategy and digital execution. It represents a combination of organizational structure and processes for how a firm creates value. Without an operating model, there is only uncoordinated individual activity and organizational chaos. Thus, a well-functioning firm requires a well-defined operating model. Read more…
A few years ago, when I was still just a senior manager, a partner at the firm posed an interesting question to me on integration strategy: Why do so many systems integration leaders aspire to deliver digital transformation, but end up delivering tactical, piecemeal IT-only solutions? Convinced that it was Read more…
As traditional IT Strategy shifts to accommodate a new digital world, the role of business integration teams has transformed from taking orders to leading the charge. Digital strategy involves new operating models. Thus, senior leaders must integrate business and IT teams in order to construct new digital resources and capabilities. Read more…
The need for firms to align business and IT is more pressing than ever. First, firms must constantly adapt both to an ever-changing business landscape and to emerging digital technologies that enable new ways of working. To stay ahead of this change, firms continue to increase spending on IT solutions Read more…
We live in an era of unprecedented change, in which firms must embrace disruption, devops, and digital transformation. Today’s firms face the five disruptive forces of social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and the internet of things. To cope with disruption, firms are turning toward DevOps as the successor to agile development. Read more…