Are you a developer or an integrator operating on the market?
We are experiencing an epochal turning point, you will probably have felt it too. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the unbridled rush to digitization for any organization.
New platforms, applications and software are proposed with the promise of increasing productivity and turnover . But no one considers the impact these technologies can have on the delicate corporate ICT infrastructure, which cannot be updated in a day. S.cover how to create lasting value for your applications without writing a single line of code.
Are you a developer or an integrator operating on the market?
We are experiencing an epochal turning point, you will probably have felt it too. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the unbridled rush to digitization for any organization.
New platforms, applications and software are proposed with the promise of increasing productivity and turnover . But no one considers the impact these technologies can have on the delicate corporate ICT infrastructure, which cannot be updated in a day. Find out how to create lasting value for your applications without writing a single line of code.
To write the guide, we interviewed IT managers who asked us these questions
The first step is to start from the top, that is to make the whole company sensitive to these issues. Then you should equip yourself with the latest technological platforms and solutions also coming from the web world but that do not compromise the corporate infrastructure but rather adapt to it. For example by choosing applications and technologies that comply with OWASP standards, even better if based on cloud servers such as Amazon AWS or Azure microservices that drastically reduce hacking attempts and make costs flexible with scalable logic. According to Gartner, by 2021, 100% of IT Managers will have to produce reports on corporate security for top management compared to 40% today.
The problem is that corporate departments still tend to work in isolated silos. Rather than understanding how to adopt an existing technology, each department wants to choose the one that is easier to use and usable to achieve their goals. However, the problem manifests itself in integration difficulties between new technologies and existing software. The innovation circle comes to a halt because small changes increase the complexity of the whole system exponentially. The solution is to adopt an agile approach based on an intense co-design activity involving all the company departments involved. According to a research carried out by Finextra (2019) 40% of company technologies are not adequately exploited because users understand what they want only after seeing the application!
Let’s say immediately that digitization is not enough. We must first involve people, create the right substrate of soft skills that can pave the way for any technological, organizational or structural change. 44% of companies say that gamification stimulates employee engagement and motivation. (Hr Trends and Salary Report & Randstad Professionals).
The pressing and continuous demand for control dashboards or the generation of new data may have arisen essentially for two reasons. If the available data are not used, perhaps it is because they are not complete or easy to understand. A good usability allows the extensive use of an application allowing the generation of implicit data. So if you improve the UX of your tools it can solve the problem quickly. According to IBM (2018) 65% of users primarily want tools to be easy to use! The second reason may be that not everyone understands that the quantity, completeness and accuracy of the data they collect impact on business results. For this they must be clear on how to collect and share data, making the best use of the tools available. Gartner predicts that, by 2020, 50% of analytic queries will be generated through search, NLP technology, or voice commands.
What real and real problems will help you solve our guide dedicated to IT managers
The rising cost of software and applications , the high rate of project failure, and increasing exposure to security attacks require the adoption of a new agile way to drive digital transformation. Our guide will allow you to avoid that:
- Other departments do not understand the importance of corporate security, compliance and policy.
- You need to continually update and modify your business applications because they are not being used properly.
- Requests arrive that can compromise the solidity of the corporate infrastructure.
- Hybrid solutions and platforms are continually being purchased that only increase the complexity of your work.
New projects fail even before starting, because they have inserted a system that is too complex and unmanageable.
To write the guide, we interviewed IT managers who asked us these questions
It is not always true. Regardless of the technologies used , it will remain vital for any organization to maintain compliance and security policies on the ICT side. The problem is that these aspects are underestimated or little considered. In addition, it is assumed that the problem is always technological rather, the adoption and understanding of the technologies available. For example, according to a research carried out by Software Advice (2018), 56% of corporate CRMs are considered obsolete because it is difficult to use and therefore takes too much time, instead, it would be enough to take care of its adoption in a better way than to change software.
The first step is to start from the top, that is to make the whole company sensitive to these issues. Then you should equip yourself with the latest technological platforms and solutions also coming from the web world but that do not compromise the corporate infrastructure but rather adapt to it. For example by choosing applications and technologies that comply with OWASP standards, even better if based on cloud servers such as Amazon AWS or Azure microservices that drastically reduce hacking attempts and make costs flexible with scalable logic. According to Gartner, by 2021, 100% of IT Managers will have to produce reports on corporate security for top management compared to 40% today.
The problem is that corporate departments still tend to work in isolated silos. Rather than understanding how to adopt an existing technology, each department wants to choose the one that is easier to use and usable to achieve their goals. However, the problem manifests itself in integration difficulties between new technologies and existing software. The innovation circle comes to a halt because small changes increase the complexity of the whole system exponentially. The solution is to adopt an agile approach based on an intense co-design activity involving all the company departments involved. According to a research carried out by Finextra (2019) 40% of company technologies are not adequately exploited because users understand what they want only after seeing the application!
Let’s say immediately that digitization is not enough. We must first involve people, create the right substrate of soft skills that can pave the way for any technological, organizational or structural change. 44% of companies say that gamification stimulates employee engagement and motivation. (Hr Trends and Salary Report & Randstad Professionals).
The pressing and continuous demand for control dashboards or the generation of new data may have arisen essentially for two reasons. If the available data are not used, perhaps it is because they are not complete or easy to understand. A good usability allows the extensive use of an application allowing the generation of implicit data. So if you improve the UX of your tools it can solve the problem quickly. According to IBM (2018) 65% of users primarily want tools to be easy to use! The second reason may be that not everyone understands that the quantity, completeness and accuracy of the data they collect impact on business results. For this they must be clear on how to collect and share data, making the best use of the tools available. Gartner predicts that, by 2020, 50% of analytic queries will be generated through search, NLP technology, or voice commands.
What real and real problems will help you solve our guide dedicated to IT managers
The rising cost of software and applications , the high rate of project failure, and increasing exposure to security attacks require the adoption of a new agile way to drive digital transformation. Our guide will allow you to avoid that:
Other departments do not understand the importance of corporate security, compliance and policy.
You need to continually update and modify your business applications because they are not being used properly.
Requests arrive that can compromise the solidity of the corporate infrastructure.
Hybrid solutions and platforms are continually being purchased that only increase the complexity of your work.
New projects fail even before starting, because they have inserted a system that is too complex and unmanageable.
How gamification can make digital transformation truly agile
Find out how gamification can make your role as IT Manager more strategic and central to the point of becoming a promoter of corporate technological change . In the guide you will understand how:
- Involve all collaborators, concatenating the different functions and the different hierarchical levels.
- Understand how to make the adoption of any technological platform clear, fast and immediate to integrate with the company CRM or ERP.
- Understand how to ensure the success of new technologies developed by correctly involving all other departments in the co-design of the solution.
- Align other departments on the importance of complying with compliance, security and how company data is collected and managed.
- Ensure greater security with alternative standards such as OWASP by managing storage with AWS and microservices with third parties such as Azure to increase the flexibility of the infrastructure without sacrificing compliance
- Optimize the UX and usability of any business tool, avoiding the continuous experimentation of new technologies.
Because the real problem of digitization is not merely technological
Many insist that to solve a problem it is enough to identify the right technology. But is it really so?
The answer is no, above all because various researches (Gartner, Statista, Marketo) have proven that the failure of digitization projects is not due to technological factors when human and adoption , therefore linked to people.
Our guide will help you foresee and face in advance all the potential human barriers to corporate digitalization , simplifying and making your work more effective.
