{"id":13793,"date":"2017-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/post\/bimodal-it-recipe-for-business-innovation-success_columbus\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T00:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T05:14:26","slug":"bimodal-it-recipe-for-business-innovation-success_columbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/blog\/bimodal-it-recipe-for-business-innovation-success_columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bimodal IT: A Recipe for Business Innovation Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
How do you ensure you have the latest and greatest technology and software in your pantry without letting your legacy systems go to waste?<\/p>\n
Like your grandmother\u2019s apple pie recipe that has been passed down through generations, the secret to scaling agile software development without disrupting your current IT delivery model is all in the right ingredients and a lot of trial and error.<\/p>\n
With a successful approach to Bimodal IT, your business can come out just right.<\/p>\n
Trends in digital and emerging business models (think Uber, Airbnb and AmazonFresh) are prompting businesses and development teams to reconsider their approach to innovation. At the same time, these disruptions are putting increased pressure on legacy systems to maintain stability so that transformations don\u2019t slow the business down.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where Bimodal IT helps stir things up.<\/p>\n
According to Gartner, bimodal refers to the practice of managing two separate, but coherent styles of work: one focused on evolving legacy systems (mode 1) and the other on adopting new and innovative approaches (mode 2).<\/p>\n
Of course, mixing the old with the new comes with challenges. Tensions arise when dev teams start adding different ingredients to the recipe legacy teams are accustomed to using. Culture and turf wars can erupt between DevOps, infrastructure, and architecture teams.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, teams mixed too closely together can create dependency. Businesses might shy away from the upfront costs a dev project requires. And fear of failure can keep teams from innovating at all.<\/p>\n
So how do you transition to Bimodal and reap the benefits without burning your business?<\/strong><\/p>\n Like all award-winning recipes, the answer is the secret formula that can take your innovation strategy to the top.<\/p>\n The goal of a Bimodal IT approach is to overcome obstacles in Mode 2 while balancing the slow pace of Mode 1. To maximize speed without sacrificing the integrity of your legacy system, this means:<\/p>\n By using the right ingredients, in the right order, at the right time, your Mode 1 and 2 teams can blend together seamlessly, resulting in smoother, more efficient business process.<\/p>\n Like any good recipe, Bimodal IT takes time, patience, and the right combination of components.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t throw your whole pantry into the mix. Instead, embrace automation with a few of these items:<\/p>\n At Centric, we can help you create a roadmap and plan for a Bimodal journey, and assist in executing the project from Day 1. We will work humbly and seamlessly to integrate into your company\u2019s culture and make recommendations based on your goals and vision. We can help you bring the application back into the enterprise.<\/p>\n We don\u2019t like too many cooks in the kitchen, so we work together as one \u2013 ensuring that business needs are met and that both Mode 1 and Mode 2 teams are contributing. After deployment, we can return for seconds, checking that everything is running smoothly and offering application support if needed.<\/p>\n With us, you can trust that your innovation efforts will always come out well done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The best recipe for business innovation is often hard to come by.\u00a0Bimodal IT may provide the ingredients your company has been looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":13794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[15012],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-07-22 00:01:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13793"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Secret Sauce<\/h2>\n
\n
Ingredients for Success<\/h2>\n
1 solid team<\/h3>\n
\n
A couple of strong tools<\/h3>\n
\n
A clean space<\/h3>\n
\n
A concoction of collaboration 1<\/h3>\n
\n
Mixing It All Together<\/h2>\n