ACCENTURE & ANAPLAN
“ When I look at the power of transformation that Accenture has delivered for tens and hundreds of thousands of clients around the world and the outcomes that they like to achieve for their customers , Anaplan really seemed to be a natural fi ”
EVAN QUASNEY GLOBAL VP OF SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS , ANAPLAN
“ There are a couple of ways that we believe we excel . The first is we take an agile approach to our implementations . On the software side , we work with our partners and teach what we call the Anaplan Way . The Anaplan Way is very different from a traditional software implementation methodology like waterfall . It ' s more like agile . What that allows our partners to do when they ' re driving transformations is to move very quickly and iteratively to build a mock-up of the concept they wish to test with the customer , focus on that outcome , on the dashboard , or the technology solution and get buy-in immediately .”
“ Culture and mindset are absolutely critical to achieving any type of digital transformation . At the root of digital transformation is becoming more agile , more flexible , more adaptive , and more responsive to the end goals of improving your business ’ s overall performance and agility . In order to do that , you require a fundamentally different mindset to how you look at and how you think about operating an organisation , making that organisational shift to a digital native or digital-first mindset .”
“ And to that end , culture follows mindset . If I can take the approach that I need to drive this transformation and the business imperative is to become more agile , culture will follow along .”
The road isn ’ t always a straight one , however . Tomita shares some of the pitfalls and explains how small success can lead to big wins .
“ In many cases where change management is not successful , the purpose and effect of the change are unclear . Even though you have been briefed on new tools and system
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