Digital transformation is in full swing within companies. The numerous government incentives and the vast number of news articles on the subject attest to this. And digital transformation means greater demands on the IT department—not only from senior management but also, and above all, from the business units. As a CIO, you’re swamped with work… But ultimately, isn’t this digital transformation an opportunity to change the rules of the game? How can you take advantage of it to redefine your role within the company and become a true service center? How can you become more agile and responsive?
Digital Projects: Business Demand Is Constantly Increasing
Requests for digitization of business processes are flooding your desktop or inbox… Employees—especially younger generations—are becoming increasingly demanding. Accustomed to highly digitalized environments in their personal lives, they expect the same experience at work. The IT department must therefore rise to this new challenge.
The problem? You don’t have the additional human or financial resources to handle this increase in activity. Tasks are piling up, and you’re doing your best to handle IT emergencies (IT system maintenance, software upgrades, security, etc.) as well as business projects (creating a tool for leave management, setting up a sales workflow, etc.). Unfortunately, you can’t handle everything at once.
A tricky situation is emerging: business units are finding and installing software applications on their own. Of course, from your perspective as a CIO, this is absolutely undesirable for reasons related to data security, shadow IT, application redundancy, and so on. So how should you proceed?
The IT Department’s Approach: A Necessary Change to Increase and Respond to Business Unit Engagement
To enter a new virtuous cycle and regain the trust of the business units, it is essential to change some of your habits. First of all, try to build more “close” relationships with the business units.
But what if you’re short on time? You might feel the need to delegate the design of business applications. “Delegate to whom?” you might ask. Well, quite simply to the business units themselves! In fact, with a no-code platform, you can enter the era of secure business unit autonomy. They can build their own applications under your supervision! The IT department thus delegates the implementation of certain services while retaining control. It’s the perfect balance for quickly build high-performance apps that align with business needs and, above all, are supervised by the IT department and comply with security and regulatory requirements.
Digital Solutions: Having the Right Tools to Increase Agility and Meet Business Needs
Of course, to put all this advice into practice and effectively respond to the digital project requests you receive, you need to be equipped with the right tools. Relying on market-leading software solutions—to digitize an HR or sales process, for example—isn’t always the best approach. Why? You end up with multiple solutions and have to maintain a disparate software environment, forcing business units to adapt to the way a particular software program works, rather thantailor processes to the actual and specific needs of your your users. The result? Licenses that are rarely or improperly used, a constant reliance on Excel spreadsheets, and an IT system that isn't properly updated. Not to mention the licensing costs!
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At DAMAaaS, we operate using an agile approach (and for us, that’s not just a concept!). We meet with CIOs and business teams to collaboratively build—in real time—the architecture of the process to be digitized. Thanks to this 100% no-code co-creation method, you can immediately visualize what your application will look like; it’s ready to use right away—you can even test it! As our discussions progress, the application evolves until it meets your users’ expectations down to the smallest detail. Don’t let any doubts linger—we can prove it to you in less than 30 minutes. Contact us !
No-Code vs. Low-Code: What's the Difference?
Unlike low-code, no-code requires absolutely no IT knowledge or lines of code. A “drag-and-drop” system makes it possible to build customized business applications in an extremely intuitive way, fully meeting the needs of end users.
The DAMAaaS platform DAMAaaS a wide range of functional building blocks and is constantly being expanded to enable CIOs to delegate the design of operational tools to business teams. This productivity gain is definitely worth exploring!
