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Building a culture of Continuous Transformation Test Implementation
Six ways to take the challenge out of change
It's time to change how you change.
Every migration, merger, pivot, and turning point. Every strategic initiative and course correction. Every customer experience overhaul or operational re-platforming.
They each feel like The Big One—until you’ve got a few under your belt. Then you know how crazy it is to start from zero every time. And you realize that change is never going to slow down.
That’s why the winners in every market and industry—like Southwest Airlines, Bosch, adidas, Dropbox, Volkswagen, T-Mobile—are the companies that master the art of change itself.
And that’s why creating a culture of Continuous Transformation in your organization is so important. Whether you’re an enterprise architect, a product or engineering manager or a strategic business lead, we’ll show you what that looks like and why it matters so much.
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Chapter 1:
Software gives you an edge. Complexity takes it away.
Over the last few decades, software ate the world.
Every process in every department in every discipline now runs on software.
This skyrocketing software proliferation has been matched by an explosive growth in integrations and interdependencies between software systems—some bought, some built, some rented; in the cloud, in data centers and on local servers; connected by everything from APIs to hard, custom code.
The result of all this is chronic, compound software complexity—and it’s the number one obstacle to change.
Dealing with each transformation as a long-term, one-off project just doesn’t work.
Transformations have to be continuous.
They should involve a series of manageable micro-transformations rather than one big one. Think: software companies moving from waterfall to agile methodologies.
As software development became more complex, companies moved from waterfall methodologies to agile methodologies. This involved both breaking down development tasks into manageable chunks and decentralizing development efforts.
We need to attack software complexity in the same way.
Since the entire organization depends on software, you need to involve everyone. This requires, in part, an easy-to-use, single source of truth about your software estate.
With a shared understanding of your global software stack, including all the relationships between software assets, as well as their connection to business capabilities, you can model and map out transformation paths while continuously uncovering new opportunities for adaptation, evolution, and competitive advantage.
We’ve seen this in action.
Mitigating a critical vulnerability in less than 48 hours wouldn’t be possible without this approach.
Chapter 2:
What is a culture of Continuous Transformation?(and who's already living it)?
BY DEFINITION
A culture of Continuous Transformation is a set of beliefs, behaviors, and tools—all supported by a common language—focused on adapting to and mastering change.
To meet the demands of a rapidly-evolving environment, this culture believes that change is inevitable—and welcome.
To continually and flexibly balance long-term and short term goals, this culture adopts agile management practices and takes an iterative, results-oriented approach to goal-setting. Finally, to provide easy access and inform decision-making, this culture relies on tools that are cloud native and data rich.
A culture of Continuous Transformation lets you make better decisions.
It also helps you surface risks and opportunities earlier. So, you’re ready to change (fast), before you even need to.
The result?
Happier customers, competitive advantage, and organizational resilience.
Chapter 3:
The six principles of Continuous Transformation.
There are six key principles that make up a culture of Continuous Transformation.
You might recognize some from the way your organization already works. Hats off.
But to truly cultivate this culture, you need all six. And really, you can’t have one without the other.
Here’s how to create a culture of Continuous Transformation.
Chapter 4:
LeanIX is the essential platform for Continuous Transformation.
The companies that create a culture of Continuous Transformation will win.
To achieve this, you need a platform you can build on, one that offers total visibility over where you are, where you want to go, and how you’ll get there.
The best transformation platform is the one people actually use.
For all your software, whether bought, rented or built, LeanIX lets you master complexity so you can supportand accelerate a culture that helps you transform—continuously. With a licensing model to facilitate full collaboration and an open ecosystem to facilitate collective data sourcing, getting everyone’s input is a breeze.
Connect the dots
LeanIX shows you the full scope of your software estate—bought, rented or built. That means you can continuously create the kind of customer and employee experiences that make all the difference.
