This is the successor of my Dr. Hectic and Mr. Hype presentation where I first explained the consequences of the economic darwinism for an enterprise IT and started to lay out a new, competitive IT that is ready to respond to the new change drivers. In this presentation I try to provide a more comprehensive picture than in the former presentation. I added additional change drivers that were missing in the first presentation and derived the goals, the principles and the building blocks for an appropriate next generation of an enterprise IT in a lot more detail than in the first presentation. Yet, the presentation is still very high level as it tries to lay out a complete vision for a future enterprise IT in 60 minutes, i.e., it would be possible to create one or more detailed presentation for mostly every single term and statement in this presentation. Thus, it might appear too high level for some persons. On the other hand I think it is important to create such a high level vision as it makes it a lot easier to classify all those trends that are pushing on us every single day. And as always the voice track is missing. Yet, I hope that the presentation provides some valuable insights.

1. The Next Generation (of) IT
A guide to the enterprise IT revolution
Uwe Friedrichsen, codecentric AG, 2012-2014

2. @ufried
Uwe Friedrichsen | uwe.friedrichsen@codecentric.de | http://slideshare.net/ufried | http://ufried.tumblr.com

3. Once upon a time …

4. Charles Robert Darwin
(1809 – 1882)

5. „Survival of the Fittest“

6. fitness (ˈfɪtnɪs), n
1. the state of being fit
2. (Biology) biology
a. the degree of adaptation of an organism to its
environment, determined by its genetic constitution
b. the ability of an organism to produce viable offspring
capable of surviving to the next generation
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers
1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fitness

7. Economic Darwinism

8. Economic Darwinism
Everyone is affected by Economic Darwinism
• All sectors
• Growing globalization on all levels
• Internet business
• More competitors per customer
• Higher customer expectations
• Lower customer loyalty
à In the long run only those will survive who
meet the customer needs and demands best

9. IT is the nervous system
IT is vital
• All companies
• IT is not just supporter or „cost center“ …
• … but it is the central nervous system
• Even short IT outages considered critical
• No business change without IT
• No new products without IT
à IT limits the maximum possible
adaption rate of a company

10. IT is a key success factor for belonging to
the survivors of the economic darwinism

11. What business needs from IT …

13. How IT serves business …

15. Agile !
… ?

16. Source: Dein Freund der Baum

17. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
IT
Technology-related
Change Drivers

18. But there is more …

19. Lean Enterprise
Product
shaping/optimization
Innovation
Measure & analyze
Accelerating
OODA loop
Quick customer
feedback cycles

20. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
Lean
Enterprise
IT
Technology-related
Change Drivers

21. IT as a Product
Virtualization
of products
IT-centric
business models
Disruptive new
business models

22. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
Lean
Enterprise
IT as a Product
IT
Technology-related
Change Drivers

23. Pay-per-Use
Business Case
Self-Service
Cloud
Elasticity
Unreliable
COTS Hardware
Provisioning
Speed

24. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
Lean
Enterprise
IT as a Product
Cloud
IT
Technology-related
Change Drivers

25. Zero Downtime
Peer
Multiplication
Mobile & IoT
Deep Process
Integration
Unreliable
Communication
Unpredictable
Load Patterns

26. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
Lean
Enterprise
IT as a Product
Cloud
IoT
Mobile
IT
Technology-related
Change Drivers

27. … and more
Big Data
Analysis
Amplifiers
Social

28. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
Lean
Enterprise
IT as a Product
Cloud
IoT
Mobile
IT
Big Data
Analytics
Social
Technology-related
Change Drivers

29. What has traditional IT to offer
to respond to those challenges?

30. Design
Implement
Execute
Monitor
Op5mise
BPM
Cycle

31. Analysis
Software
Engineering
Disciplines
Architecture
Development
Build
Test
Deployment
Operations
Management

32. So, that should be easy for IT, right?

33. Then, why the @$#%! … ?

34. We base our optimization efforts
on the wrong goals and principles

35. Analysis
Architecture
Development
Build
Test
Deployment
Operations
Management
Local Optimization
Local Optimization
Local Optimization
Local Optimization
Local Optimization
Local Optimization
Local Optimization
Rudimentary connection
via artefacts
Isolated optimizations,
no overall vision
Fault avoidance as driver
Artefacts
Process Framework
Artefacts
Artefacts
Artefacts
Artefacts
Artefacts
Artefacts
Artefacts

36. Fault avoidance
as superior goal
Local optimization
Cost minimization
Process frenzy
Long-term planning
Central control
Standardization

37. Goals
drive
Principles
drive
Building Blocks

38. What are the new goals?

39. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
Lean
Enterprise
IT as a Product
Cloud
IoT
Mobile
IT
Big Data
Analytics
Social
Technology-related
Change Drivers

40. Short cycle times
Continuous output
High flexibility
High reliability
Equally
Valued
Goals
Holistic consideration
Goals of a Next Generation (of) IT

41. Where can we learn how to implement it?

42. Let’s learn from the wild ones

43. Economic
Darwinism
Business-related
Change Drivers
Lean
Enterprise
IT as a Product
Cloud
IoT
Mobile
IT
Big Data
Analytics
Social
Technology-related
Change Drivers
ü

44. Short cycle times
Continuous output
High flexibility
High reliability
Equally
Valued
Goals
Holistic consideration
Goals of a Next Generation (of) IT
ü

45. What are the new principles?

46. Principles of a Next Generation (of) IT
The Core Principles
Maximizing innovation instead of minimizing costs
Controlled experiments instead of fault avoidance at any cost
Decentralized, self dependent teams instead of central control and goal sheets
Flexible adaption instead of static planning
Accepting complexity on all levels
Based on Jeff Sussna's 21st Century IT Manifesto (http://blog.ingineering.it/post/39385342347/21st-century-it-manifesto)
Refined in collaboration with Eberhard Wolff

47. Principles of a Next Generation (of) IT
The Technical Principles
Diversity & lightweight tools instead of monoculture & integrated solutions
Resilience instead of stability
Microservices instead of monoliths
Elasticity instead of upfront capacity planning
Consistent automation of routine tasks
Based on Jeff Sussna's 21st Century IT Manifesto (http://blog.ingineering.it/post/39385342347/21st-century-it-manifesto)
Refined in collaboration with Eberhard Wolff

48. And what are the building blocks?

49. Governance
Organization
Process
People
Technology
Change Domains
Adaptation

50. Feature Flow
(No Projects)
Lean
Agile
DevOps
Architecture by
Constraints
(No Blueprints)
Process

51. End-to-End
Responsibility
Decentralized
Control
Organization
Continuous
Delivery
DevOps
Cross-functional
Teams

52. End-to-End
Responsibility
Craftsmanship
People
T-Shaped
Curiosity

53. Microservices
Cloud
Technology
Automation
Elasticity
Resilience
Diversity

54. Decentralized
Control
Management by
Values & Goals
Governance
Beyond
Budgeting
Focus on Results
(not Processes)
Continuous
Adaptation

55. Relative Targets
Quick Feedback
Loops
Adaptation
Systemic Optimization
Continuous
improvement

56. So well, and what do we get from this?

57. Target state
Self-dependent, cross-functional teams
instead of functional organizations
Features instead of projects
Quick delivery instead of complete solutions
Result focus instead of process focus
T-shaped people instead of subject experts
Architectural constraints instead of blueprints
Values & goals instead of command & control
Re-implementation instead of re-use
Diversity instead of standardization
Resilience instead of stability
…

58. Currently the old wisdom becomes stale
and hypes become essentials
Fashions become Fundamentals

59. It’s the most disruptive and exciting change
we have seen in IT for many years
Join the IT revolution!

60. @ufried
Uwe Friedrichsen | uwe.friedrichsen@codecentric.de | http://slideshare.net/ufried | http://ufried.tumblr.com