To stay at your best, you need your change control solution to be both fully integrated into the underlying SAP infrastructure and flexible enough to fit your constantly evolving implemented modules and actual processes, not some outside "ideal" of how it all ought to work.
Here's why. If you find a modified IT process that achieves better results, or maybe an upgrade that modifies how different modules interact for the better, you need change control technology flexible enough to enable these changes to made and introduced quickly. It must document everything including the business or technical reasons for the changes and process followed to introduce the change (to facilitate an eventual audit) without limiting the speed at which the changes are required to be introduced. If you have to adjust your processes to fit a new change control solution, chances are you're already less nimble than you could be.
Rigid change control can be quite damaging to competitive position. Markets are changing faster than ever and they won't wait politely while you catch up. If your organization operates in multiple regions, everything from currency valuations to regulatory environments can flip to something new without much notice. New technology can make today's approaches obsolete almost overnight so you need to stay flexible and nimble enough to respond quickly. For IT, it comes down to how flexible your change control strategy can be.
Here are some factors to keep in mind:
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