What is a digital transformation strategy?
Align digital transformation with your business goals
The best start-up initiatives can show measurable results in six months or less. It is better to develop initial strategies that will demonstrate a return on investment and secure management support. You can then gradually fine-tune and scale these early prototypes throughout the organization.
Create a prototype
The best start-up initiatives can show measurable results in six months or less. It is better to develop initial strategies that will demonstrate a return on investment and secure management support. You can then gradually fine-tune and scale these early prototypes throughout the organization.
Make a Technology Implementation Plan
Digital transformation includes several tools that you can use to bring change to your organization. Some of the technologies are listed below.
Mobile technologies such as customer-facing apps and in-house productivity apps
Internet of Things, such as smart sensors and smart devices that automatically connect to the Internet and collect data
Cloud technologies, especially computing and storage
Artificial intelligence and machine learning for data analysis and decision making
Augmented Reality for Active Customer Engagement
Robotics for work efficiency
Implementing these technologies can dramatically change the way employees work and how customers interact with your organization. You may also need to engage external partners and experts to train your team and empower your organization. Plan this carefully as part of your digital transformation strategy.
Collect feedback and refine your digital transformation strategy
It is important to include reliable feedback loops in digital transformation project plans. By collecting stakeholder feedback on a regular basis, you can ensure that everyone is learning from the experience and evolving dynamically. Because digital transformation is a journey, adding breakpoints to your schedule gives you the flexibility to make changes as needed.
An example of digital transformation
Saint Louis University (SLU) began its digital journey by trying to improve student productivity and campus engagement—that is, to achieve its core business goals.
After analyzing the processes of student engagement, transformation leaders realized that students want to get answers to their questions about studying at the university faster.
They decided to prototype Amazon Echo devices by installing 2,300 devices in campus dorms or living quarters. Students could ask the devices questions about the university and get answers.
During the test, the devices were used very actively. The analysis of interaction with students showed that they used devices to set reminders and asked general questions.
Saint Louis University has partnered with AWS Professional Services to further expand the scope of this digital transformation vision. She used the intelligence data obtained by executives from early trials to build a full blown intelligent chatbot platform. Students can now interact with the chatbot via the university website, text messages, or Amazon Echo and receive consistent responses.
SLU decided to go even further. The next step in this digital transformation project is setting up the chatbot so that students can ask individual questions like “When is my history exam?” or employees can ask “How much time off do I have?”.
What is the concept of digital transformation?
The Digital Transformation Vision is the change management plan for any organization undergoing digital transformation, and it is also the tool that guides all levels and departments of the organization through the change process.
The Vision supports digital transformation by identifying the best guidelines and processes for doing the following:
Analysis of the impact of changes on all areas of business
Effective change management
Planning steps to implement transformations
Define metrics to measure the benefits of change
Choice of ways to move along the path of digital transformation
What is AWS Professional Services?
AWS Professional Services is a global team of experts who help drive digital transformation with the AWS Cloud. We work with your team and a selected member of the AWS Partner Network (APN) to drive enterprise cloud computing initiatives.
AWS Professional Services provides a set of activities, best practices, and documents for every step of your digital transformation journey to the cloud. In addition, our specialized practices provide targeted guidance using best practices, concepts, tools, and services to support digital transformation projects related to the AWS Cloud.
AWS Professional Services created the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework to help organizations develop and implement effective cloud adoption plans. The guidance and guidance provided by this platform helps build an end-to-end approach to cloud computing for the entire organization and for the entire IT infrastructure lifecycle.
Start your digital transformation with the AWS Digital Transformation Checklist and Cloud Readiness Tool. Create an AWS account to start your digital transformation today.