One of the questions I am often asked is “what applications are good candidates for collaboration?”
The word “core” in business describes that at which you are distinctly, uniquely competent. Furthermore, it is what you are best at that differentiates you in the market or gives you that “unfair competitive advantage”. As a result, your customers are willing to pay more for your core competency. It just makes sense to put most of your efforts behind that core, that differentiator. Everything else, once you accept that definition of core, is considered “context.” Context is equally important to the success of your company: if you fail to fulfill a context task, you could easily lose a customer, be out of compliance with regulation or law, or alienate an employee, a partner or your community.
Core applications (those that differentiate you and greatly impact your customers) are usually best handled internally. All other applications are “context” - and are typically good candidates for collaboration. Collaboration on context applications helps save money, mitigate risk, and leverage subject matter expertise in the industry but maybe not in your company or available for this business application. This new approach allows companies to free up resources to focus on those processes that provide a competitive advantage.
CSI provides the methodologies and skills necessary to build provide and support collaboratively developed context applications. Today, leading companies across all industries understand it does not make sense to even attempt to independently develop context applications. The time is right for collaborating and innovation. Join one of the existing Core Teams or consider forming a new one and start leveraging the benefits of collaboration.
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