Digital Transformation Quick Scans

[1] EA Maturity Scan

Via the site Architectuur Groeimodel, available in English and Dutch, you can do a free and extensive Enterprise Architecture Maturity Scan. This scan provides insight in the related capabilities. This scan has a long history (10+ years) and been applied to many companies. Therefore has (some) merit.

[2] Digital Transformation Building Block Maturity Scan

In the back of the book Designed for Digital by Jeanne Ross, there is a quick scan of the maturity of the five building blocks of Digital Transformation. The book itself is based on work of MIT on Digital Transformations. The book is accessible to people in and outside of IT.

You might find the survey, titled “Assessing Your Building Blocks for Digital Transformation", via this Google Query

Designed for Digital

This book is a must read on DT. Available via various bookstores and also available in secondhand

[3] TOGAF Business Transformation Readiness Assessment

Within TOGAF there is a survey, in chapter 30 of the 9.2 book, and unit 4 of TOGAF 10 to assess the readiness of the business for transformation

[4] Residuality

Another way to determine how easy change is for your context, there is a method currently developed by Barry O’reilly.

He has done workshops on this for two years all over the world with various people and organizations. The output seems consistent over the years. The residuality score provides insight in how well your system can deal with change.

3 alternative views on EA

It is always a good thing to challenge existing believes, here three books each different.

Innovation

The aim of DT is to improve the level of innovation and adaptability of your organizations. Here is a talk of around 30 minutes on how to prepare your teams for the unknown unknowns