IT function is to be reinvented?

With latest trends in Tech world IT function in corporations faces with more challenges in segregation of duties department. As one of the outcome of that process “shadow IT” arises. All of that leads to necessity to rethink traditional IT function scope.

Now let’s talk about what “shadow IT” is and which exactly trends fertilize it?

Let’s start with some basics…

I don’t need you guys, you’re very slow with all your testing, qualification and documentation. I got my guy on creation of this solution in “ABC” platform.

If this sounds familiar, then you know what “shadow IT” is. Simply speaking, it’s when business functions (Marketing, Sales, HR you name it) start to play non-specific role of IT agent, start to create IT solutions and integrate them into Company’s ecosystem.

It may happen due to various reasons. First, as mentioned above, IT must follow processes and comply with controls, so like in all big corporations, that may slow things down. Also IT must make sure about the quality of solution created, must write a set of documents capturing all the details of configuration and codebase applied. Finally, particular IT department may not have expertise enough in particular type of solution business needs at the moment.