The Need for a Modular Approach to IT Enablement

With the explosion of currently trending IT such as social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and the Internet of Things, managing IT complexity has become one of the most significant impediments to obtaining the full leverage that IT can provide to business. In this context, maintaining the alignment of IT with business capabilities and operating models to support the execution of business strategy has become more challenging than ever. The authors discuss how a modular approach to the analysis, design, and implementation of IT solutions can become a sustainable strategy for IT-business alignment.