The South Australian Government releases its digital transformation toolkit guide. This guide aims to help South Australian government agencies, departments, and authorities to better develop digital strategies for DX.
In this post, we will be outlining how this DX toolkit works. Also, we will be outlining what a digital transformation strategy means. Lastly, we will be outlining the four tools that comprise this DX toolkit.
What A Digital Transformation Strategy Is?
Each organization, whether in government or in the business industry, has goals, vision, and purpose. These do vary depending on the needs and scope of work of an organization.
A digital transformation strategy aims to give voice to those goals, vision, and purpose. It executes the action to deliver the end goal.
Neglecting digital transformation strategy is like “implementing just any technology, just in case it may work”. It can be likened to striking the air or running hard and fast on a mere treadmill. You have been exerting the exact effort, but with no definite goal or destination.
By all means, giving careful thought to developing a good digital transformation strategy can do more than the planning stage. Strategies can help maximize the opportunities out of an investment. Thus, better deliver results- more effectively and more efficiently.
Digital Transformation Toolkit: How It Works?
The digital transformation toolkit does not aim to rule any digital transformation initiative. Nor does it define what a successful DX initiative should be.
However, the purpose of this DX toolkit is to provide South Australian government organizations better undertake DX initiatives. Perhaps in developing DX strategies and driving decisions that will surely deliver results.
Moreover, following this guide can help them better drive results in DX. For instance, it aims to make its DX strategies more efficient and effective.
Digital Transformation Toolkit: 4 Tools
The South Australian Government provides a digital transformation toolkit for its organizations, agencies, and departments.
This toolkit consists of four major tools help the said organization better develop digital strategies.
Besides, this is not supposed to rule out any DX initiative. This toolkit aims to better help the planning, instead.
Below are the four tools and the purpose of which they are provided.
1. Digital Maturity Assessment Tool
The first one, the Digital Maturity Assessment Tool. This tool helps organizations assess their level of digital maturity.
For instance, identifying key assets and liabilities. By doing so, planning a targeted approach for change is made simpler.
2. Digital Transformation Prioritisation Tool
The Digital Transformation Prioritisation Tool aims to reduce failures in any DX initiatives.
How?
This is done so by proper prioritizing of digital projects.
Four key categories should be considered, for instance:
- Mandatory criteria
- Benefits
- Ease of execution
- Risk
3. Digital Strategy Template
The Digital Strategy Template provides South Australian government agencies, departments, and organizations a template for developing their digital strategies.
Moreover, this can help them develop strategies that apply best practices that best fit the Australian government.
4. Digital Strategy Implementation Plan Template
Lastly, the Digital Strategy Implementation Plan Template. This tool aims to help entities map out the plans and strategies over the following years.