Follow this blueprint to increase the effectiveness of your current innovation program and move up along the IT department maturity ladder. The blueprint includes the following sections:
- Scope and Define: determine your current IT innovation program and mandate.
- Assess and Aspire: look at the innovation programs you currently have underway, what you are doing well, and where there is room for improvement in both your project mix as well as your personnel.
- Implement and Inspire: formalize the process by mapping the improvements to your IT strategy.
Improve the iterative process of innovation by scoping your current process, assessing areas for improvement on a personnel and project level, and formalizing the improvements by incorporating them in your strategy.