Best Practice Report

The Five Phases To Transform IT In The Digital Age

Customer Focus, Speed, And Agility Change The Game Of Redesigning IT

March 27th, 2018
Matthew Guarini, VP, Sr Research Director
Matthew Guarini VP, Sr Research Director
Marc Cecere, null
Marc Cecere
With contributors:
Bobby Cameron , Nigel Fenwick , Robert Valdovinos , Alyssa Danilow

Summary

The age of the customer, combined with digital, cloud, agile, and new technology, is rapidly changing the structure, processes, and culture of IT organizations. But the steps to get to these new models are as important as their end states. Through interviews with end users and transformation consultancies, we've found that there are five phases to a transformation. Within each phase are traditional activities that still work plus new ones specific to a digital transformation. This report describes these phases and how they're different today from several years ago.

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