 |
 |
 |
 |
| |
|||||
|
|
|
Home > About Us > Working in the Public Interest > Center for Enterprise Modernization (CEM) > | |||||||||||||||||
| What is Enterprise Modernization?
Enterprise modernization is a complex, ongoing, evolutionary process adopted at the department, agency, or business enterprise level. It involves orchestrating the integrated transformation of an enterprise's strategies, policies, governance, systems, and underlying technologies. Enterprise modernization changes the very nature of how an agency views itself, responds to its needs, and conducts its business. Enterprise modernization involves changes to all dimensions of an organization. It affects:
As a result, the work of enterprise modernization demands a long-term commitment. While Congress expects fixed timelines for large-scale government modernization programs, most of these programs are expected to take at least 15 years. A typical goal of enterprise modernization is maximizing service to sister government agencies, the private sector, the public, and other internal and external stakeholders. This requires that the modernizing agency—and any entity assisting it in a comprehensive role—understand the agency's strategic objectives. Where necessary, processes and procedures are redesigned or streamlined for greater efficiency and ease of operation. Achieving the broad and specific goals of enterprise modernization requires melding business, economic, and organizational change skills with technical expertise. Only by aligning the development of technical processes with business process reengineering can the modernizing agency facilitate a consistent, efficient, and successful way of achieving its mission. When enterprise modernization is conducted correctly, the modernizing agency comes to respond differently to the urgent requirements that taxed its pre-modernization capabilities. It takes advantage of technologies that are interoperable and easy to upgrade, avoiding a reflexive reaction to the promise of new technologies. The successful agency commits to and pursues an organized, collaborative way of planning for, adapting to, managing, and implementing large-scale improvements to its operations within an ever-changing business and technical environment. Related Information
|
||||||||||||||||||
Page last updated: April 25, 2006 | Top of page |
Serving as Architects of Information Advantage.™ |
 |
|
