When digital transformation programmes hit bumps in the road, or look like they might be getting into trouble, the dinosaur brains invariably throw more governance at the problem. This is never the right way forward. Wrestling back control More governance does not mean better governance, and binding delivery teams up with large amounts of red tape can cause failure The digital transformation journey is never straightforward. If it was, we would not be seeing the well reported 70% failure rate with these initiatives. It is inevitable that there will be obstacles and challenges to overcome, and some of these will be significant. However, when bumps in the road are encountered and sensing potential trouble ahead, the dinosaurs get involved, and in an attempt to wrestle back some control they throw more governance at the programme. Hierarchies of steering committees and delivery boards lurch into existence, and these beasts need feeding. Individuals that should be delivering the transformation are diverted from their day job to serve up a banquet of slides and delivery updates for the committees and boards to consume (or in some instances, ignore). Daily stand-ups that previously lasted 15 minutes now drag on for over an hour […]
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