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IT innovation strategy: managing the implementation communication and its generated knowledge through the use of an ICT tool

José Francisco Landaeta Olivo (Department of Computer Science, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain)
Javier García Guzmán (Department of Computer Science, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain)
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios (Faculty of Computer Sciences, Ostfold University College, Halden, Norway)
Vladimir Stantchev (Institute of Information Systems, SRH Hochschule Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

Journal of Knowledge Management

ISSN: 1367-3270

Publication date: 9 May 2016

Abstract

Purpose

Without effective implementation, no information technology (IT) strategy can succeed. There has been much re-search into IT planning, but few studies have developed one of the most important phases of IT strategy: IT Implementation. IT implementation can be improved at information and communication technology (ICT) organizations through the use of organization learning models (OLM) and the implementation of ICT tools. This paper has two purposes define an OLM framework that determines the best practices to increase knowledge at individual, group and/organizational levels, and define and implement an ICT tool to facilitate the integration and institutionalization of the OLM. The ICT tool is based on the technology roadmapping technique that allows an organization to manage at an executive level what, when and how the IT strategy is going to be implemented.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on a case study performed at an ICT organization that provides ICT services to financial institutions. The study was carried out in 2014. It analyzed over 24,000 projects, which translated into an equivalent of more than 18 million man-hours. The proposal was assessed at a very large ICT organization.

Findings

This paper proposes a framework called SPIDER to effectively implement OLMs based on Big Data management principles for monitoring and reporting current status of IT innovation strategies. These kinds of approaches contribute to solve the problems identified in the state-of-the-art regarding the communication and monitoring the implementation status of IT innovation strategies. During this research work, several factors that are essential to implement these kinds of approaches in large banking organizations were identified: effort required to elaborate the monitoring and reporting activities; easiness to understand the reported information; detailed planning of the implementation program; and focus on communication efficiency.

Originality/value

This paper determined the best practices to manage knowledge generated during the implementation of an IT strategy. Additionally, this paper defined and implemented an ICT tool to properly communicate and monitor the implementation of an IT innovation strategy, based on technological roadmap techniques.

Keywords

  • Communication
  • Technology roadmap
  • IT innovation strategy
  • Organizational learning model

Citation

Landaeta Olivo, J.F., García Guzmán, J., Colomo-Palacios, R. and Stantchev, V. (2016), "IT innovation strategy: managing the implementation communication and its generated knowledge through the use of an ICT tool", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 512-533. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-06-2015-0217

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