4 key ways partners sharpen digital transformation strategy

IT service providers employ methodologies, tools and platforms to keep initiatives on track. Their efforts aim to prevent projects from stalling before they deliver the goods. Digital transformation projects often struggle to realize the promise of renewed business models, vastly improved efficiency and product innovation. Indeed, cumbersome, slow-moving initiatives have compelled some enterprises to take a step back. Consulting firms and systems integrators, called on for advice in such matters, are reassessing conditions as well. The problems they’ve encountered include project scope and complexity, lack of focus, resistance to change and poor interoperability. Another issue: unpredictable market forces. Sudden changes can swamp a project before it has reached its objective. Service providers pursue several approaches that aim to rescue stalled transformation efforts — or keep them from bogging down in the first place. Here’s an overview of the methodologies, tools and technical platforms currently employed for reinvigorating a digital transformation strategy. 1. Agile and other methods Consultancies often ply Agile and related methodologies to manage digital transformation. Those approaches seek to guide projects that may need to evolve as business conditions change. "A good methodology, enabled by an effective tool, is essential," said Sumeet Sabharwal, CEO at Netgain Technology, […]

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