Digital Readiness Framework is a practical business architecture framework for enhanced strategic alignment, agility and motivation in the digital era. There are 31 different building blocks and 14 practices presented. Their interconnection and interdependence, how they fit together as an integrative and holistic system is what makes the concept of digital readiness unique.
This framework is integrative and holistic. It is integrative because it combines many disciplines and theories in one comprehensible and practical unit, ready to be applied in practice in a relatively short time. It is holistic, because it entwines the entire organization, not just parts of it. This framework is made to drive fundamental change in organizations.
This framework focuses on the mindset and the preparation of leaders. Most transformation programs focus on the mechanics of the digital-agile transformation. Mechanics is easier to sell, but we believe it is the thinking and deep understanding behind the mechanics that really matter. Understanding leads to readiness.
We advise to avoid copying successful digital companies. Lots of lessons can be learned from inspecting other success tories, but blindly following trends may be dangerous. Our framework promotes tailor made agility, where each value stream is examined and an appropriate lean-agile framework is selected.
Agile Execution builds on the foundation of human talent and motivation: fostering self-management with coaching oriented servant leadership and inspection and adaptation in different, gradually decreasing time-boxes. Objectives and Key Resultr or OKRs provide strategic alignement to employees of all levels.
Our framework points out toxic beliefs, traditions, assumptions, myths and destructive pop-wisdom that a digitally ready organization must reject. We also list scientific findings, concepts, principles, laws, skills & practices that are useful and shall be promoted and widely applied. Where applicable, we put the reject-promote pairs together to show contrast.
Our framework and supporting readiness products have been tested in companies large and small. Many people work better every day as a result of our work.
Digital Readiness Framework is available for download with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence, that allows you to share the material in any medium or format and to build upon the material for any purpose, as long as you give appropriate credit and distribute your contributions under the same license.
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