Power Platform | Fusion Teams combine IT and Business Expertise

I´ve recently read the latest technology priorities CIOs must address in 2023 by Gartner. And while I read through it talking about digital initiatives lag CEO/leadership expectations in both taking too long to complete and too long to realize value, I felt reminded or my previous article I wrote about using Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure and low code as a strong mix to increase effectiveness in app and process modernization.

Gartner´s CIO 2023 agenda talked about 4 actions to ensure tech investments pay digital dividends, one of them to catalyze a fusion team to accelerate prioritized digital initiatives. I talked about the importance of Business Technologists earlier and Gartner in their agenda highlighted both top-line as well as bottom line impact. Surprisingly, I felt well reminded on customer conversations talking about Power Platform addressing things like:

• Improvements of Operational Excellence
• Increased Employee Productivity
• Increased Cost-Efficiency
• Improved Employee Experience

Naming cost-efficiency, you might have already noticed Power Platform landing page containing a new study by Forrester as of August 2022 talking about 140 percent ROI over three years.

When using Power Platform and Azure in conjunction and assessing your application and process landscape with the help of Microsoft´s Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure you may be familiar with categories in above visual. It should help you getting started a conversation about typical KPIs that can be used to measure success of your projects. Furthermore, it is showing where to start addressing Gartner´s mentioned top digital initiatives lag CEO/Leadership expectations.

It´s like a formula for future success software development projects:

Tech Intensity / Developer velocity + Fusion Teams * Pro and Low code toolbelt = Accelerated innovative impact

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Customers I´ve been in contact with over the last couple of weeks started adjusting their future IT delivery model and acting on Gartner´s 2023 agenda early. No surprise, a tighter economy means the enterprise needs to realize benefits even faster. Business Technologists and IT expertise combined in Fusion Teams driving future digital initiatives – what are your thoughts on this?

Until then, …