- KISS : Keep It Simple and S…
- “Everything should be as simple as possible but not simpler” (Einstein)
- Ensure there is a Business Case and Return on Investment (ROI)
- Control the TCO
- Manage the ICT solutions portfolio (ITIL “Services”).
- Classify your solutions (example with business processes here)
- outsource what is non-differentiating or non-core business
- insource what is differentiating and core business
- abaondon what is non core, non differentiating
- kill the white elephants
- Have a look at SOA Principles for building an agile ICT environment
- Loose coupling
- Abstraction
- Reusability
- Autonomy
- Statelessness
- Discoverability
- Composability
- Interoperability
- Make sure to have the right governance in place at various levels
- Focus on products (of of the 7 Prince 2 principles)
- Make sure Demand and Supply communicate well