Link: http://taotwit.posterous.com/a-thinking-framework-for-businessit-systems-b
From taotwit's posterous
The top half focuses on flexibility and the bottom robustness. The four corners are from the Cynefin system typology. The each box is labeled by the essential characteristic of a ‘System’ – the idea is you can map chunks of business capability/function/service or IT application/package/component or Biz/IT blend to each quad. I’ve been noodling around with this, thinking about the different VPEC-T profiles against each quadrant and have come up with some interesting degrees of emphasis on each V,P,E and C dimension depending on its position on the grid. Interestingly Trust (-T) seems equally important in each quad but has a different modifier:
- Connector Systems: Trust is explored (dating agency)
- Adapter Systems: Trust is developed (relationship builder)
- Organiser Systems: Trust is expected (trustworthy and reliable)
- Expert Systems: Trust is mandated (trusted advisor)
I’ve started playing around with mapping different IT application/platform types to the model. It seems most businesses BAU apps today fall into Organiser and Expert, with a smattering of Connecter ( driven by Social Media) – it’s the Adaptor space that appears most vacant – systems that are design from the beginning with change in mind. Could we say the same of Organizational Models and Business Processes models – I think so!
Thanks to Dave Snowden for Cynefin inspiration.
Nigel Green
5Di Ltd.
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