Far too often there is a disconnect between the pace of business growth and the enablers required to sustain that growth. When a business grows faster than its technology can support, the business can face several challenges including technology, people/ skills, operational and strategic/ competitive challenges. This post highlights the technology challenges that tend to happen when a business grows faster than its supporting technology.

Business - IT Alignment Series IT project failures are alarmingly common. Research suggests that nearly 70% of IT projects  fail to meet...

Technology Management Series The expectation of every business owner or executive is to grow their business year-on-year with a focus on...

Business - IT Alignment is a continuum and organizations tend to fall somewhere between being fully aligned or not at all.

Business - IT Alignment Series An IT capability defines what the IT function does to support the business. IT capabilities for a specific...

As business and technology converge, the role of the BRM is critical to fostering alignment between Business and IT departments.

Business - IT Alignment Series In our last post on Business - IT Alignment titled Aligning IT capabilities to business needs, we...

Business - IT Alignment Series In a previous post, we noted that it becomes easier to craft a technology strategy to enable and support...

Resourcing is a critical component of the IT operating model because skilled and experienced technical talents are required to execute if IT

Strategic Management Introduction When it comes to strategic planning, leading practices advocate for having a multi-year strategic plan...

Business - IT Alignment Series This post is the 3rd installment in our blog series on Business - IT Alignment. In the last post, we...

Business - IT Alignment Series In the last post, I described Business - IT alignment as the extent to which an organization’s IT function...

Business - IT Alignment Series In almost every company I have worked at, consulted for or interacted with, there seems to be some form of...

Solution Planning Series We have spent the last few weeks exploring solution planning. As a reminder, solution planning is a...

Solution Planning Series Solution planning is a collaborative process that entails engaging with relevant business and technology...

Solution Planning Series This is the fourth installment in the solution planning series. In the first post on solution planning, we...

Solution Planning Series This is the third installment in the solution planning series. In the first post on solution planning, we...

Solution Planning Series Last week, we commenced a series on solution planning where we made the point that a solution approach is...

Solution Planning Series Far too often, I have heard founders of ventures and business leaders discuss the need for organizational...