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The Widening Gap In Business-IT Maturity Levels
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jul 19, 2008 - 09:21 AM read 43 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=295We have been compiling the results of one facet of our multi-company research into business-IT maturity - the maturity assessment that companies took as part of participation in the research project. The purpose of the surveywas to provide an assessment of business-IT capability in a corporation or business unit. We asked that the survey be completed by an executive familiar with the business strategy for technology use, the ... read more -
Why Are Indian CIOs Good Innovators?
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jun 03, 2008 - 06:00 AM read 201 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=249I liked this post by Navi Radjou on “Why Indian CIOs Excel at Driving Business Innovation“. Navi suggests two reasons for this proclivity for IT-driven innovation: 1. Indian CIOs are obsessed with IT/business alignment. 2. Indian CIOs are effective at orchestrating innovation networks. While I don’t disagree with these factors, the research we recently completed on Reaching Level 3 Business-IT Maturity (Level 3 maturity correlates strongly ... read more -
The IT Relationship Managers Role in Expanding Business-IT Capability
by Vaughan Merlyn on May 28, 2008 - 06:00 AM read 580 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=243For those who care, I apologize for a recent decrease in frequency of posts - I hope it’s not a real problem for you. I’m still trying to figure out the optimal frequency and best days topost to this blog. Of course, the bigger issue is sustaining the content, which requires concentrated writing and, perhaps more important, reading time. For all good reasons, I’ve been consumed by other activities lately - ... read more -
Stage-Gate Development - An Example of a Level 2 Sticking Point
by Vaughan Merlyn on Mar 17, 2008 - 07:32 AM read 365 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=208I posted from time-to-time on what I’ve called “sticking points” - how things that you had to do (e.g., practices, processes) to get from Level 1 Business-IT Maturity to Level 2 could trap you in Level 2 if you did not modify them, or in some cases, dispense with them entirely! It’s not that they are bad practices - quite the contrary - they are essential to maturing beyond Level 1. ... read more -
So, What Comes After Level 3 Business-IT Maturity?
by Vaughan Merlyn on Mar 12, 2008 - 05:36 AM read 373 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=201I had a question from a colleague recently that I’d like to address in this post. She asked, “Im going to ask a possibly ‘dumb’ question, but since I believe that there are no dumb questions Im asking it anyway Since level 3 is constantly evolving i.e., todays Level 3 will be tomorrows Level 2 etc., isnt it always going to be a moving target? If I was a company ... read more -
Reaching Level 3: The Mindset Factor
by Vaughan Merlyn on Mar 05, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 615 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=194I’ve posted before on the role of ambition as a key factor in driving business-IT maturity. I want to move beyond that and pick up the theme of mindset. This is a topic I covered in today’s teleconference as part of our multi-client research project into business-IT maturity. According to Wikipedia, Mindset refers to the set of assumptions or methods held by ... read more -
Podcast on Business-IT Maturity Model
by Vaughan Merlyn on Feb 29, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 500 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=190I’m very proud that Tom Parish, host and audio producer for the excellent Enterprise Leadership web site, invited me to deliver a podcast on the Business-IT Maturity model. Just click on the blue link above my photo, or right-click to download the mp3 file. It was a great deal of fun to do - Tom asked excellent questions, and we covered a lot of ground. ... read more -
Business-IT Confluence
by Vaughan Merlyn on Feb 27, 2008 - 09:22 AM read 1746 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=184I’ve said before, I learn so much (perhaps most?) from my clients. I’m out at Pebble Beach for one of BSG Alliance’s Senior Executive Summit meetings. I’ve been presenting our research on Reaching Level 3 Business-IT Maturity. Before my session, at the opening dinner, a client was asking me about my presentation, and as I described my thesis to him, he said, “Very interesting. It ... read more -
Are Your Vendor Partners Holding You Back?
by Vaughan Merlyn on Feb 07, 2008 - 04:59 AM read 1527 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=174I’ve been talking lately to CIO’s about Business-IT Maturity as part of the Reaching Level 3 multi-company research I am leading. Arecurring theme has come up enough times for me to believe it’s not an aberration. Several CIO’s have said to me something along the lines of, “We have several major business partners (providers of hardware, key systems software, enterprise applications software, networking components, major ... read more -
Forget Maturity Models?
by Vaughan Merlyn on Feb 06, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 520 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=172A colleague just pointed me to a ZapThink post last month entitled Forget Maturity ModelsIt’s time for an agility model. It turns out the types of maturity model ZapThink would like us to forget are CMMI and any SOA maturity model. They don’t specifically call out the Business-IT Maturity Model that has been a recurring theme of this blog since I started it in October ... read more -
Business-IT Maturity - Implications of Discontinuities
by Vaughan Merlyn on Feb 05, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 612 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=171Yesterday I suggested a refinement to the single, continuous “S” curve Business-IT Maturity model, to one comprised of a series of “S” curves, with discontinuities between them. I think the refinement is more than trivial, and certainly not simply cosmetic. I’ve blogged before on the notion of Level 2 “sticking points.” These are behaviors and characteristics I’ve noticed in my research and consulting ... read more -
Re-thinking Business-IT Maturity
by Vaughan Merlyn on Feb 04, 2008 - 09:36 AM read 608 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=166It’s time to update our venerable Business-IT Maturity curve - this is a BIG DEAL! (Well, at least it is to some of us!) For the last 10 years or so I have been drawing a simplified version of the Business-IT Maturity curve as a single ‘S’ curve, or learning curve. I typically talk about three major stages, or “levels” on this curve - Level 1 is focused ... read more -
Clues to IT 2017: When the CIO Owns More than IT
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 31, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 387 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=158Since starting this blog, I’ve made IT organizations and the issues of driving to higher Business-IT Maturity the central theme (aside a couple of self-indulgent detours into the world of Rock and Roll!) Even the blog’s title - IT Organization Circa 2017 - is meant to define my scope - what IT organizations will look like in 9 years time. I realized from dayone that I had set up ... read more -
The Unwritten Rules of Business-IT Maturity - Part 2
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 28, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 443 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/?p=150Today I willexpand upon the introduction in my last post to the topic of ‘unwritten rules’ as they pertain to Business-IT Maturity. First a reminder - the Business-IT Maturity model I’ve discussed from various angles since starting this blog last October addresses ‘two sides of the coin’, those being Business Demand maturity(the business appetite for IT enablement) and IT Supply maturity(the ability to satisfy that demand ... read more -
Why ITIL is "Necessary but not sufficient"
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 23, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 508 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/why-it...My post yesterday claimed that ITIL is necessary, but not sufficient for reaching Level 3 Business-IT Maturity. As anticipated, this has led to a fair amount of traffic, some showing up as commentary on the blog, others showing up as email messages from various vendors of Service Management and ITIL support services. I therefore want to expand upon and defend my position on this. In so doing, ... read more -
ITIL: Necessary, but not sufficient!
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 22, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 2639 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/itil-n...I posted yesterday on the distinctions between IT Product Management and IT Service Management. Rich Lemieux commented and pointed us to his helpful and informative DITY Newsletter and to his article on the 5 domains of ITIL V3suggesting that IT organizations organize themselves around these domains as the “five new silos of IT.” A couple of push back’s - one minor and one major. The minor ... read more -
How Sustainable is Your IT Portfolio?
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 17, 2008 - 07:54 PM read 403 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/how-su...My post Project vs. Program vs. Portfolio back on October 15, 2007, continues to be the most popular post on my blog, day after day. Given that, I feel compelled to drill down further into this topic. Today, I will address IT Portfolio Management, which is at the heart and soulof leveraging IT for business value. And yet most IT organizations do a poor job of ... read more -
Elevating Business Demand Maturity - Victim or Leader?
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 16, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 477 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/elevat...I’ve touched on this theme in several posts, but I feel it’s time to call it out: don’t be a victim - be a leader! I’m moved to get back into this because I continue to hear IT professionals bemoan the fact that “Our business partners just don’t want to use IT to innovate - they still see IT as a cost, not an investment, blah, ... read more -
Business-IT Maturity Lessons from Capital Markets
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 09, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 864 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/busine...I had a conversation yesterday with my colleague Tom Steinthal as part of my Reaching Level 3 research. Tom has spent his working life at the cutting edge of financial services/capital markets - a space where business-IT maturity is very high - in fact, it is a requirement for survival! I was trying to draw out lessons that less mature IT organizations can draw from the highly mature capital markets ... read more -
IT Mission versus Vision
by Vaughan Merlyn on Jan 08, 2008 - 05:00 AM read 470 times
Source: http://itorganization2017.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/it-mis...I posted yesterday on how IT organizational mission changes with business-IT maturity - both in terms of satisfying an evolving demand and in shaping that demand. In other words, as form follows function, organizationalcapabilities (and corresponding organizational design) follows IT organizational mission. Typically, a change in IT capabilities or organization implies aneed for, or at least a change in the future state vision of the ... read more
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