The Stakes and Challenges
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Synchronisation: reconciling Fast IT
and traditional IT
One of the fundamental challenges for the IS function is the speed
with which it needs to find answers and solutions with other business
sectors, and the adaptation of its expertise to these new issues.
How can a company develop fast IT in a traditional IT setup
when both are vital to business competitiveness?
The digital transformation is bringing about a multiple-
speed IT sector with:
•
A digital “
front office
”
team that implements new technologies,
works with other business functions using agile and iterative
methods, delivers solutions on a short-term regular basis (monthly,
weekly, daily). To do all this, the team needs as much independence
as possible.
•
A team working on the modernisation of existing systems and
on the creation of a core of
middle
and
back office
services, that
is based around more traditional project cycles, and that needs to
deliver robust solutions every 6-12 months.
•
A reinforced business architecture team.
Fast IT
in a traditional
IT
