Assembling the right team for a digital transformation project is critical. It is the single most important component of a digital transformation strategy and possibly the leader’s hardest job. That’s because so many skills must be taken into consideration for each team member, including the person’s education, experience and ability to influence and work with others.
Transformation is a team sport – it requires experience, knowledge and the ability to influence and work with others. In this article, we help you figure out who needs to be on your digital transformation team and what are the key skills for each team member.
Content Summary
Technologies
Security and compliance specialists
Business/technology liaisons
Project managers
Financial stakeholders
Marketers
Implementation leads
Evangelists
Technologies
Experts in the leading-edge applications, services and products that will help the project achieve its business goals.
Security and compliance specialists
Involve them from the start of the project to resolve potential security or compliance issues with the project.
Business/technology liaisons
They understand business models, customer experience issues and can connect the dots between business and technology strategy.
Project managers
Responsible for keeping the project staffed, on schedule and on budget. They raise early red flags when things are headed in the wrong direction and reset expectations.
Financial stakeholders
Primarily C-level executives. Critical to the ongoing funding of your project, they should be updated frequently on the project’s status.
Marketers
They understand the business goal of the project, the impact of the technology and the most effective ways to market it all to employees, customers and/or business partners.
Implementation leads
Divided into two types technology implementation leads focus on installations of the technology systems. Process implementation leads focus on change management.
Evangelists
Excellent communicators, they can gin up excitement for the project and help find funding for it.
