SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE
SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE
11/24/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/24/2021 04:27
Why Digital Transformation Must Start With A Clear, Defined Mission Statement
Why Digital Transformation Must Start With A Clear, Defined Mission Statement
Read the exciting article in Forbes magazine by Steele Arbeny, Chief Technology Officer at SNP. He explains why it's essential to ask and answer the deceptively hard question before embarking on a transformation project: Why are we doing this? This, Steele says, is critical to ensuring that digital transformation generates value:
"For many enterprises, digital transformation can be the tail that wags the dog. Business leaders often tell me they want to undertake some digital transformation project for its own sake. Cloud migration for the sake of having a combined, hybrid or multicloud environment. New dashboards for the sake of having a new "digitalboard room" with which to analyze data. Moving to SAP S/4HANA to take advantage of the platform's advanced analytics, or just to be on S/4HANA in time for SAP's 2027 deadline.
In these examples, the goal of the digital transformation project is, essentially, just to digitally transform. This is putting the cart before the horse. Digital transformation can't be for digital transformation's own sake. To get the most value out of your digital transformation project and make the endeavor worthwhile, you need to ask and answer a deceptively hard question: Why are we doing this?
Articulate a clear reason and mission statement with a defined end goal for why you want or need to digitally transform and how this transformation will create value for your business. Just expecting "digital transformation" to generate that value out of nothing isn't going to work."