Evolving Business-IT relationships

Success and failure can be measured in many different ways. If we judge success by sustainability over a long time span, the number of successful EIM implementations is still not very high in the IM industry.

The creation of an Enterprise Information Management roadmap would provide a significant opportunity for IT to proactively improve on the relationship with its business partners. Most organizations have some form of multi-year business plan that the roadmap exercise can leverage. Regardless of the level of detail that business plan contains, strategic discussions about desirable future business capabilities are a pre-requisite for developing a roadmap, and would involve different levels within the business community. Roadmap discussions in themselves help reinforce or create new relationships and provide a means for IT to identify quick wins and synergies.

An EIM roadmap shows how the overall EDW platform should evolve to accommodate the changing needs of the business community, and should provide the following different perspectives:

The world keeps changing, as do the organizations operating in it.  A roadmap is dynamic in nature and needs to be revisited periodically to accommodate any changes in strategy and priorities.

Nelio Lucas

SVP Technology & Chief Architect
Nelio oversees Adastra’s technology strategy and manages the technical competency groups within Adastra. He provides ongoing technical leadership and consulting services to Adastra’s customers and ensures that the highest standards of technical excellence are met. Nelio has an Honours Degree in Computer Engineering from the New University of Lisbon