Innovation scholars and experts in the field have long advocated providing complementary approaches to technology implementation. The authors offer strategies for guiding the implementation of advanced software technologies, based on the principle of results-driven incrementalism (RDI), or self-contained sequence of implementation - all of which achieve results business. The authors present a clear model of the process and to describe their experience with the use of RDI strategies on a large manufacturer of office furniture systems. RDI approach benefits the company by facilitating organizational learning in a few, short horizon goals, maintain focus and momentum of implementation, providing recurring visible results, and denying the general tendencies overengineer technological solutions. The three most important factors in the success of this approach are the divisibility RDI technology, technologies and methodologies fit, and technology and organization necessary. Determine the most effective delivery process for a particular software technology requires continuous R & D. "Hide
by Robert G. Fichman, Scott A. Moses Source: MIT Sloan Management Review 16 pages. Publication Date: December 1, 1999. Prod. #: SMR041-PDF-ENG
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