Openwork event in partnership with Microsoft returns to Rome May 8th live session, we'll demonstrate the simplicity of Jamio Openwork BPM platform's zero-code , building your step-by-step solution for digitizing business processes together.
At Microsoft House you will discover an innovative method for creating BPM solutions and bringing your business to Microsoft Azure .
CEO & CIO: A Common Language for Digital Transformation
The combination of Digital and Transformation generally conjures up images of software innovation relegated to the purview of IT departments . Historically, those responsible for developing technology within companies have been CIOs, IT managers, and developers, who also find themselves having to measure the effectiveness of their decisions using business indicators.
So, is the CIO really the "healthy carrier" of technological innovation in the company? This question is answered, with data in hand, by research by John Rymer and Jeffrey Hammond of the well-known US advisor Forrester .
Digital gaps, organizational barriers, and ROI are the obstacles CEOs place and impose on CIOs' work. These obstacles necessitate their participation in setting guidelines for company software choices and verifying the results in terms of business objectives.
We're not simply talking about IT management innovation or digitalization, but rather identifying the strategies and competitive levers that will lead to business transformation "As CEOs push digital initiatives at their companies, they elevate the role of software from a cost center to a strategic choice." That is, the key is not just identifying which software is the best option to solve a problem, but the right path to identifying a business opportunity.
But what are the tools to ensure this collaboration between two worlds that focus on different metrics? On one side, we have the IT world, code, and the rapid and unstoppable development of technology. On the other, we have business economics, competition, improving organizational processes, effectiveness, as well as efficiency. Forrester describes a five-point partnership between the two leaders:
- Define and align IT objectives with business objectives. While sharing business objectives is a necessity, it's also important to constantly realign IT decisions over time, if the business requires it.
- Establish a few key success measures. CEOs and IT managers must identify the framework within which to design IT decisions. Business needs then become a non-overwhelming guide.
- Share an entrepreneurial mindset. It's important for CEOs to choose their CIO not only for their IT skills, but also because they understand business metrics.
- Priorities, plans, and progress as a "stream of consciousness." No more periodic updates on objectives and results, but a constant flow of communication between company management and IT, to always be able to adjust course based on the changes and challenges companies face every day, which require rapid action, even in the software area.
- Commitment to keeping the talent pool fresh. A delicate issue in our country given the significant digital divide, which is therefore difficult to address with traditional IT skills. However, Digital Transformation also means transforming digital skills, no longer relegated to programming code, but more focused on translating IT skills into business skills.
The key words are therefore two-way communication , to and from business and IT, and adapting shared language and more flexible tools are needed
, then, is a Model-Driven Business Process Management platform , a technology capable of creating a meeting point between management and CIOs thanks to the use of visual languages in place of typical programming codes (hence the concept of Zero-Code BPM platforms (one above all is Jamio openwork ) help medium and large organizations digitize, manage, and govern business processes through applications created with the help of a Business language , i.e., made up of models and rules of behavior ; thanks to the Model-Driven approach, even a manager will be able to understand and build, in just a few hours, software applications oriented to business process management.
What does all this mean? It means that CEOs (top management in general) and their software no longer travel along parallel lines, but intertwine their needs, speak the same language, and quickly reach a common goal.
STRATEGIC and OPERATIONAL value of your tools for fueling your business means not only greater awareness of your company's objectives, but above all, having that extra step to adapt to the rapid changes imposed by the market.
Editorial by:
Rita Genchi
Sales & Marketing Specialist
Openwork and Samsung for the Innovation Camp:
The winners of the project Work
The closing ceremony of the second edition of Samsung Innovation Camp was held on Thursday 18 April at the University of Bari Aldo Moro , with the awarding of prizes to the groups of young undergraduates/graduates who presented the best project works to the two local entities involved in the Innovation Camp project, Openwork and Sidea Group .
Born with the idea of accompanying Italian university students on a training course in digital technologies, the initiative by Samsung Electronics Italia (in collaboration with Randstad) has attracted interest both from young people ( 494 students and recent graduates ) and from the companies involved in the South Korean brand's project.
For the final phase of Innovation Camp, the best student proposals were selected and analyzed based on the requirements of the business cases commissioned by Openwork and Sidea Group , the two local companies that joined Samsung's initiative.
Therefore, in addition to establishing a Competence Center on Business Process Management with the Polytechnic University of Bari , Openwork also welcomed the initiative by Samsung and Randstad with great enthusiasm, confirming its interest in the digital technology and, consequently, in reducing the gap between business and the university world.
OPENWORK PROJECT WORK WINNING GROUPS
With the goal of increasing the sales conversion rate of Jamio (the Cloud BPM platform developed by Openwork), students were asked to benchmark the actions implemented by competitors, study the impact on the Try & Buy technique and the related conversion rate, define the most suitable channels and tools for product promotion, identify methods for campaign monitoring and data analysis, and, above all, determine the related costs. In the case of Openwork, there were two joint winning groups: E-nnomatics Digital Humans group .
The ceremony was attended by Prof. Salvatore Romanazzi – member of the Uniba Evaluation Committee – and Dr. Maria Teresa Bilancia , Events and Communications Manager of the Placement Agency for the University of Bari Aldo Moro ; Anastasia Buda , Corporate Citizenship Manager of Samsung Electronics Italia ; Martin Arborea , Sales & Marketing Director of Openwork and Angelo Perrini , Founder and Managing Director of Sidea Group .
SOME NUMBERS FROM THE “SAMSUNG INNOVATION CAMP” PROJECT
Over 10,000 Italian students registered on the Samsung Innovation Camp platform, 45% of whom were male and 54% female , demonstrating a significant interest in digital disciplines among both men and women. In addition to current students, many recent graduates making up 25% of the total enrollment .
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