As your enterprise IT environment grows more complex and distributed, you’ve likely added more and more systems and point solutions to your tech stack. But, because they don’t interact, instead of simplifying IT transformation programs, these disparate tools add complexity. It's time for a new approach.
Consider leveraging the benefits of a digital platform conductor (DPC). A DPC connects to and orchestrates all your existing disparate tools and systems allowing you to unlock and analyze the data held across your entire environment, eliminating risk and millions of dollars in inefficiencies while enabling a more agile process to respond to business needs.
The reason for this is that because the tools don’t interact, most of the work is completed manually. That means teams of people pulling data from their tools and consolidating it into a spreadsheets, then validating data and filling gaps talking with end users and managers. This can take months and when complete, it’s already out of line with business moves and changes – and often incorrect due to human error.
But the manual effort doesn’t stop there – because of the disparate nature of IT tools – even once teams have a view of their environment, every step of the way requires much more effort and time. It’s no wonder that IT teams are falling behind project requests when so much time is spent poring over spreadsheets to analyze data, then manually scheduling rollouts, communicating with end users, testing, creating rollout waves, and compiling reports for project stakeholders.
One large investment bank engaged a IT asset disposition (ITAD) vendor to remove customer data from decommissioned computer equipment, but when it was found that the data hadn’t been removed correctly it was the bank that was hit with a lawsuit.
By using a DPC tool you can de-risk any IT program, identifying potential risks and dealing with them before you begin your project rollout. The ability to see how changes impact your environment will give you more control as your program progresses, allowing you to tweak plans and deal with any anomalies before they become issues. The ability to adopt widespread automation will drive greater accuracy and predictability into your programs ensuring nothing is missed.
As well as eliminating risks and millions of dollars in inefficiencies you’ll also make your business leaders happy. Using a DPC, you’ll not only be able to complete programs on-time and on-budget, but you can begin to make headway on the digital transformation projects.
