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I work in a conglomerate that is in the middle of digital transformation. The problems we see are exactly the same as stated in the article: 1) Incumbent IT/De
by option_greek 8y ago
I work in a conglomerate that is in the middle of digital transformation. The problems we see are exactly the same as stated in the article:
1) Incumbent IT/Dev teams eating millions of dollars creating roadblocks every where for the newer teams
2) Expected to bill the newer platforms to existing business divisions
3) Red-tape and bureaucracy all over the place - Loads of approvals needed to do something simple like setting up dev environments
4) Top down planning for 'transformation'. No inputs are ever sought from new teams on anything
To sum it up -> doomed before even starting
- ptero 8y agoIt is a universal phenomenon -- large incumbent teams will fight to entrench systems even as they are failing. With senior leadership help firewall and replace can work. That is, firewall support for existing systems to old team and make new team build new setup. But it is really hard -- old guard will fight to kill new process after every mistake and new teams will try to kill existing systems prematurely.
- closeparen 8y agoEspecially when the old team is obviously going to be fired if the new team works.
- ptero 8y agoIt does not have to be this way. The fact that new system is developed by a brand new team is because the old team has dug in and would not support moving to the new technology. But even when the old system is decommissioned there is no need to fire the old team. It does happen, but because everyone who is capable of finding a new project moved there and whoever is left cannot or doesn't want to do anything else.