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The Challenges of IT Automation

IT automation is the digitization of IT. It digitizes IT processes such as the provision of new servers, the installation of new software, and the delivery of applications. Successful implementation can lead to cost savings, increases in efficiency and a reduction in personnel costs. You should be paying just as much attention to IT automation as to digitization.

IT automation poses the same challenges as digitization and the added value is just as high.

As with digitization, it is important to know all of your processes and their results. These results are your (technical) IT services. IT automation describes these services in a computer-understandable schema. IT processes are mapped in programs that are executed using software (configuration management systems, infrastructure as code systems).

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5 Tips for Maximizing Value in Multi-Speed It Environments

In the majority of phased enterprise Agile transformation programs, multi-speed IT is unavoidable. When I say multi-speed IT, I refer to a world where Agile and waterfall (legacy) initiatives co-exist and need to work hand in hand to deliver business outcomes.

In the last two decades, I had the opportunity to work with different enterprises in a variety of industries helping their transformation journey. Every organization is different even if they operate in the same industry. The business needs, enterprise portfolio, and IT landscape vary from one organization to another. The agenda of transformation also differs from one to another resulting in different approaches, initiatives, and timelines. No matter what the approach an organization adopts for transformation (change and growth), the journey from current state to future state requires innovative strategies to sustain business operations during the period of transformation.