BIMODAL: HOW CAN IT GOVERNANCE PROMOTE AGILITY AND STABILITY?

Résumé

IT department is expected to lead the digital innovation of the companies by the business leaders. Bimodal IT has been presented as an alternative to address this by splitting IT delivery in two different modes: stability and agility. For many organizations, governance is about control rather than agility. But digital transformation and a bimodal approach demands pushing decisions down, enabling greater autonomy. How to solve this?  Should digital IT have a special governance or is it possible to develop a new governance for both necessities. The article intents to review the status and to present gaps and directions to be explored on the necessity to revise the IT governance process and procedures to maintain the IT and business objectives aligned