[Book bonus at the end of the article] Today I recommend a cutting-edge book on business management, "Enterprise Architecture Drives Digital Transformation: Architecture-Centric End-to-End Transformation Methodology"
Table of contents
01The digital transformation of traditional enterprises faces many challenges
In 2023, which is about to pass, events such as the chatGPT large model and the entry of data assets into the table indicate that the digital economy is accelerating. The digital economy is the third economic form of human society after the agricultural economy and industrial economy. It will promote profound changes in production methods, lifestyles, and governance methods, and will have a major impact on countries, enterprises, and individuals. Currently, we are at a critical stage of entering the digital economy era. How can enterprises and individuals seize this major opportunity to achieve rapid development instead of being eliminated by the times? This is an issue that deserves the attention and consideration of every business and every one of us.
The country attaches great importance to the development of the digital economy and regards the development of the digital economy as a new driving force for development. In March 2021, the country released the "14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Outline of Long-term Goals for 2035", proposing to "accelerate digital development and build a Digital China." In March this year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China", sounding the clarion call for comprehensively building a digital China and realizing Chinese-style modernization.
With the vigorous development of the digital economy, many companies have begun to undergo digital transformation, hoping to seize the opportunities of the times and achieve a magnificent turnaround. But this process is not smooth sailing and will face many setbacks and even failures. According to data from the world-famous consulting firm McKinsey, the failure rate of digital transformation of traditional enterprises is very high, and even as high as 80% of enterprises will experience failure.
Why is this so? Digital transformation is about realizing business changes through the empowerment of data and digital technology. However, many companies are faced with problems such as missing or unimplemented strategies, fragmented business processes, data silos, poor data quality, dual skins of business and technology, and numerous system silos. Difficult question. These problems are left over from years of development and can be described as chronic diseases that hinder the pace of digital transformation of enterprises.
02SABOE’s digital transformation five-ring method clears the fog of enterprise transformation
So how do companies achieve effective digital transformation? Digital transformation is actually a very complex system project that requires a complete set of methodologies for guidance. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission clearly stated in the "Notice on Accelerating the Digital Transformation of State-owned Enterprises": "Accelerate the upgrading of enterprise digital governance models, means, and methods, build a modern IT governance system with enterprise architecture as the core, and promote IT investment and business transformation and development. Continuously adapt.”
The SABOE Five-Ring Method for Digital Transformation is a methodology that takes enterprise architecture as the core and covers the entire process of digital transformation end-to-end. It is based on Mr. Wu Yanjun, an expert in enterprise architecture and digital transformation, with nearly 20 years of experience in enterprise informatization work and cooperation with central enterprises and banks. It is condensed from the practical experience of digital transformation.
SABOE’s five-ring approach to digital transformation is shown in the figure below. It is called the five-ring method because it mainly consists of five links, including digital strategy (Strategy), digital architecture design (Architecture), digital construction (Build), digital operation (Operation) and digital evaluation ( Evaluation), SABOE is composed of the first letters of five words.
There are many misunderstandings in the digital transformation of traditional enterprises. For example, they regard digital transformation as a matter for the technology department, or think that just a few digital projects will be enough, and the transformation will be successful when the project goes online. Or let the business departments and technology departments do their own thing and let a hundred flowers bloom. These misunderstandings will cause companies to invest a lot of resources but find it difficult to see transformation effects, and digital transformation has become a movement.
SABOE's five-ring approach to digital transformation believes that in order for an enterprise's digital transformation to be truly effective and lay a solid foundation for its long-term development, it must pay attention to five aspects:
1. Enterprise transformation starts with formulating a digital strategy, using the strategy to guide the enterprise's transformation direction, and promoting it with the personal participation of business owners and management. In terms of strategy, the SABOE Five-ring Method proposed a strategic planning method of four observations and three determinations, and introduced the business leader model BLM adopted by Huawei.
2. Enterprise transformation must further carry out digital architecture design based on strategic planning, integrate organization, process, and data IT to form a complete architecture blueprint, and then carry out related construction. In terms of architecture, SABOE's five-ring approach proposed the DEAF digital enterprise architecture framework, which integrates and upgrades other traditional enterprise architecture methods. It has five characteristics: data-based, intelligent, agile, ecological and experiential, and is more adaptable to the digital economy. the needs of the times.
3. During the construction process, the architectural blueprint must be strictly followed to ensure that the blueprint is drawn to the end. At the same time, we attach great importance to change management, remove resistance to change, and ensure the smooth progress of transformation work. The SABOE five-ring method introduces methods and cases such as project management, architecture control, change management, goal management, organizational capacity building, and data capacity building to help enterprises complete the implementation of architecture project groups.
4. Enterprise transformation should pay attention to operational work, and combine digital capabilities with business reality through operations to realize business value. The SABOE five-ring method proposes a framework and methods for digital operations to help enterprises carry out digital operations that integrate user value operations, internal and external collaborative operations, and technology operations.
5. Enterprise transformation is a long-term and continuous process that requires regular review and summary. Through digital assessment, companies can clarify the current situation, analyze gaps, and clarify next-step development ideas. The SABOE Five-Ring Method proposes the digital maturity assessment model UDM to help enterprises carry out scientific digital assessment work.
In addition, SABOE's Five-Ring Method for Digital Transformation also proposes two major cycles and five major principles to provide guidance for enterprise transformation work. SABOE's five-ring approach to digital transformation covers everything from strategy formulation, architecture design, capability building, daily operations to review and evaluation, and can provide complete and comprehensive guidance for enterprise transformation. This methodology has been summarized into a book "Enterprise Architecture Drives Digital Transformation: Architecture-centered End-to-End Transformation Methodology", which was recently published by Machinery Industry Press and is available on JD.com.
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Then I highly recommend you read this book "Enterprise Architecture Drives Digital Transformation: Architecture-Centric End-to-End Transformation Methodology"
This is a digital transformation book with enterprise architecture as the core entry point. It is the culmination of the author's nearly 20 years of experience in enterprise architecture and digital transformation. Enterprise architecture is the underlying methodology for enterprise digital transformation. The author first refined the architectural framework DEAF for digital enterprises, and then extended it forward and backward to summarize the SABOE five-ring method for digital transformation, covering enterprise digital transformation from top-level design to implementation, and from Provide end-to-end methodological guidance for enterprises in all aspects from construction to operation, from effect evaluation to iterative improvement.
端到端覆盖企业数字化转型全过程，从数字化战略开始，重点介绍数字化架构设计，但没有止步于蓝图规划，而是进一步延伸到数字化建设和运营，并通过评估为下一阶段转型做好准备。
融合了多学科知识，引入战略管理、企业架构、数据管理、项目管理、运营管理、数字化成熟度评估等方法并融合创新，为企业提供全视角、全体系的数字化转型指导方法。
Reasons for recommendation:
作者背景资深：资深企业架构师和数字化转型专家，曾在中国出口信用保险公司和百信银行担任PMO团队负责人、科技规划团队负责人和企业架构师。
作者经验丰富：从事信息化工作近20年，从IT架构再造到企业级业务架构设计和实施，从传统金融企业到一线互联网银行，对数字化时代的企业架构有深厚沉淀。
独创方法论：从实践中提炼出数字化企业架构框架DEAF和SABOE数字化转型方法论，让企业数字化转型不走弯路、有法可依。
源于实践总结：书中的方法论和经验全部来自作者在央企和一线互联网企业的实践总结，在实践中被证明有效。
大量模型框架：作者将各种方法和重要知识点，全部提炼为框架和模型图，便于读者理解，让读者的学习事半功倍。
大量名企案例：书中分析了建设银行、招商银行、网商银行、百信银行、平安集团、太平洋保险、中国人保、中国人寿、美的集团、华为、三一集团等近20家知名企业的数字化转型案例。
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