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But urgent requests that should only take a
couple of minutes end up taking an hour. At
the end of the day, we’re wondering where
all the time went.
overlook the legacy internal structures –
down to compensation structures – that
need to change too.
As CIOs, we’re focused on driving business
outcomes and strategies for growth,
efficiency and productivity. It comes down to fear. Fear is a show stopper
for building an agile IT organisation. CIOs
need to have patience, train their IT teams
and get them past the fear, uncertainty and
doubt (FUD). Bear in mind it’s not just fear
of irrelevance that derails IT agility.
As we build agile IT organisations and focus
on delivering business results, we cannot Having the time to innovate and take risks
in IT all in the name of better business
What’s stopping IT agility?
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outcomes sounds great, but what happens
when an idea doesn’t work? IT folks need to
know it is OK to fail and that mistakes will not
be a capital crime. It’s the CIO’s job to give
their teams a safety net.
Building an agile IT organisation will not be
easy. It will be uncomfortable at times, but it
will be worth the effort.
The agility we build into our organisations
today will ensure IT does not become the
order takers of tomorrow. n
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