The post-pandemic digital transformation is set to be about the \u2018new\u2019. Rejuvenation and renovation of the technology stack, new products and event-driven customer experiences will be a key focus for many businesses as we make our way into the hopefully greener pastures of 2021.<\/p>\n
Last month\u2019s Digital Boardroom session covered a range of topics on the agenda for today\u2019s IT leader. Guiding us into the final throes of 2020 and on into the new year, we heard from some key industry leaders to get their valuable insights into challenges and opportunities for the IT managers in the coming months.<\/p>\n
In November we heard from industry experts on the themes of digital transformation and how to map out IT strategy, enabling the event-driven enterprise<\/a> and managing technical debt.<\/p>\n Technical debt is debt that arises from hidden residual costs of implementing, maintaining and upgrading tech solutions. Where implementation is expected to occur efficiently in order to reduce downtime, time pressure can result in lazy configuration, incomplete code and minimal customisation which can be costly further down the line. Predictable debts can accrue from physical assets such as servers, but even common challenges such as the rise of shadow IT can bring about more unforeseen costs that creep up at a later date.<\/p>\n Costs can be better foreseen and managed by first establishing the systems in place and analysing these to gain a deeper understanding, then classifying these against priorities and scheduling fixes to remedy any leaking costs that arise because of poor deployment for example.<\/p>\n\t\tDealing with technical debt to overcome corporate inertia<\/h2>\n